A new show at the Fowler Museum at UCLA explores the ideas of appropriation and ownership of African dress, and how African history and culture is communicated through the printed fabrics. African ...
In a small shop nestled inside the heart of Accra, Patience Golo prepares to stitch yards of African wax print for a wedding dress she is making for a client. The fabric is rich in color: pops of ...
Yemisi Bamisaye of Southfield is the incredible designer behind a fashion forward line of African wear patterned after modern attire as we know it here in the U.S. but made with authentic African ...
African prints known for their different colors and designs. The fabrics are popular not only across the continent but also with the diaspora. But how African are they really? We have a close look at ...
A flourishing network of young immigrant entrepreneurs from Africa—with a sprinkling of first generation born in the U.S.—are creating a profitable ecosystem around modern Ankara print apparel. Ankara ...
We’re halfway into Black History Month and like every other month, we’re celebrating the beauty of our Blackness. One beauty trend that we saw take off at the start of February was women rocking nails ...