You may not know her name, but the striking work of self-taught hair artist Elisabeth Anayes Niouky is certainly turning heads. Niouky, based in the West African country of Senegal, crafts modern ...

Andrea Asuaje is a senior radio producer with “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley.” Prior to her work at GBH, she was a senior producer and show runner at Rococo Punch; and a reporter, producer and ...

Salamata Sylla, owner of Kent’s Sally’s African Hair Braiding, is from Senegal, in west Africa. “That’s where I’m from. I love home, I’m very proud of where I’m from.” And her job, literally, is to ...

The competitive “crab in the barrel” mentality of the hair-braiders vying for customers and the animosity that ensued were clearly conveyed by the hair-braiders Bea (Valerie Thames) and Ndidi (Sarah ...

Now on stage at La Jolla Playhouse is the play "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" by New York-based playwright Jocelyn Bioh. The play opened on Broadway in 2023, and was nominated for six Tony Awards — ...