The Miss Côte d’Ivoire 2025 beauty pageant has implemented a groundbreaking rule prohibiting the use of weaves, wigs, and ...

braids signified status and wealth as they were practiced on wigs created for royalty. In other African cultures, braids served as a form of identification, as different tribes would adorn their ...

“JaJa’s African Hair Braiding” offers a glimpse into the lives of immigrant women who find community in a Harlem hair salon. Hair and Wig Designer Nikiya Mathis joins us with more.

Side note; women of different races also wear wigs not just black ... natural hairstyles like afros, braids, Bantu knots, and ...

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Outstanding Wig and Hair (Drama Desk Awards) for Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Outstanding Wig and Hair (Drama Desk Awards) for The Harriet Holland Social Club Presents The 84th Annual Star ...

Some actors wear up to six different wigs throughout Jaja’s African Hair Braiding. Jaja’s entire story unfolds over the course of one day inside a bustling New York beauty salon. A series of ...

Spread This NewsKenyaTimes For the first time in the history of pageantry, a national beauty pageant has banned the use of ...

Some of the many wigs used in “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” wait backstage at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Chicago native Melanie Brezill (“As You Like It”), a Whitney M. Young High ...