'Jaja’s African Hair Braiding' shines a long-overdue light on B’way

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“Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” shines a light never before seen on Broadway and demonstrates that it does indeed belong here.

A scene from “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” Nana Mensah, Lakisha May, Maechi Aharanwa and Kalyne Coleman

If there was ever a play that tells an African American story that hasn’t yet been given the theatrical time of day, it is “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” playing at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on West 47th Street. “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” shines a light never before seen on Broadway and demonstrates that it DOES indeed belong here! This touching Manhattan Theatre Club play tells the story of the hair braiders who come to work at Jaja’s African Hair Braiding shop in Harlem.

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