“Historically, African cultures have used hair to ... my favorite historical and vintage examples of Black hair being ...

During a new production of the Tony Award-winning play, "Jaja's African Hair Braiding," a group of West African immigrants are creating community with mini masterpieces in Boston.The play takes place ...

But when she found the African American natural hair community ... Check out some of the stunning works of art she’s created with her hair. Ky says she uses glue and wire to create some of ...

Braids and locs physically hanging out of paintings. Blue hair. Tresses imagined as bold visual jazz. Hair that’s realistic ...

It’s been said that you can’t hate someone whose story you know. In Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Jocelyn Bioh has woven a ...

Typically, many hair vendors produce the strands in Asian countries for consumers with Black and African identities ... economic opportunities for artists of the diaspora. She added, “Every ...

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding opened on Broadway in ... And while you’re sitting there, someone is actually using their hands to create art with something that is a part of you.” ...

Dozens of braiding professionals rode buses to Albany last week to advocate for reforms to the natural hair styling license requirements.