Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural significance, telling stories of survival, status and self-expression. What may seem ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Jaja's African Hair Braiding will begin previews on Tuesday, September 12 ...

Box braids are currently a trendy protective hairstyle for Black women. If you’ve tried out this hairstyle before and wondered, ‘Where did box braids originate?’ then you’re in the right place because ...

The show curtain has a picture guide for the uninitiated: box braids, cornrows, micro braids, Ghana braids, tree braids. Even, if you’re lucky and the stylist is in the right mood, kinky twists. All ...

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This show is expanding beyond Broadway to introduce newcomers to the virtual theater scene. For those unable to catch “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” on Broadway, the show will be available on ...

A beauty writer takes us into her service at Harlem's luxury African braiding shop (and why it's worth the price).

The invention of a hair-braiding robot has won a startup competition at Harvard Innovation Labs. The 2025 President's Innovation Challenge Winner crowned Halo Braid as its latest winner. The ...

It started with a simple call to action framed as a question, “Can we start a braids thread?” Twitter user @__AutumnStarr tweeted it and within moments, it had thousands of shares and retweets.

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SOUTH FULTON, Ga. — After the City of South Fulton told an African hair braiding business owner she can’t open her store due to being too similar to other nearby businesses, a public interest law firm ...