The show was nominated for five Tonys. But for LaChanze, 63, that was just the beginning. She wants her projects to be an ...

T Charles Erickson Share For about 75 minutes of its 90-minute running time, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” comes across as a vivaciously amusing workplace comedy and a tribute to ...

Opobo is a village on the Imo river in Nigeria. In 1873, when opening the country to trade, the British found it expedient to make Jaja, an ex-slave and a river pirate, King of Opobo. He turned ...

The cast includes Melanie Brezill, Leovina Charles, Victoire Charles, Yao Dogbe, Mia Ellis, Tiffany Renee Johnson, Jordan Rice, Awa Sal Secka, Aisha Sougou, and Bisserat Tseggai. This vibrant ...

The duCret Center of Art in Plainfield will transform its stage into a bustling Harlem hair braiding salon when Dragonfly Multicultural Arts Center presents the New Jersey premiere of Jaja’s ...

King Jaja of Opobo in Rivers, Dr Dandeson Douglas Jaja, has encouraged the people of Opobo to come home and invest to enhance its development. Jaja made the call during the 2025 Opobo ...

"I am thrilled and honored that audiences beyond Broadway will get to come to 'the shop' and meet the vibrant women of Jaja's African Hair Braiding,” says Playwright Jocelyn Bioh. “This play ...