African American quilts, long overlooked in U.S. archives, are being preserved in partnership with BAMPFA, honoring Bay Area ...

Ghanaian batik often incorporates Adinkra symbols, which are visual symbols representing concepts or aphorisms. These symbols add layers of mean ...

In his native Ghana, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa always knew that kente cloth had a special significance. “It was always around, but not something to be seen on a daily basis. It used to be for very, very ...

African textile dyeing techniques are revolutionizing the fabric art industry, providing innovative methods that are gaining ...

Anthropologie has used them to cover ottomans and to upholster chairs. Woolrich Woolen Mills turned them into short-sleeve button-ups, and Agnes B. used them to make a summer suit. Burberry Prorsum ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Photographs taken by Gavin Ashworth during the summer of 1987 in several villages in Mali and Cote d'Ivoire. The images detail all phases of strip ...

Dédé Rose Gamélé Creppy, who has died aged 89, was one of west Africa’s most influential wax cloth traders. She was the youngest, and the last living, “Nana Benz” – the legendary first generation of ...

A USA Today fact check ruled that the kente cloth sashes Democratic lawmakers wore to honor George Floyd “were historically worn by [the] empire involved in West African slave trade.” A group of ...