Beauty and ingenuity can be found around every corner of a new fashion exhibition in Chicago. One mannequin wears a stunning, contemporary piece fashioned primarily from cowrie shells. Another models ...

Mrs Josephine Ofori, a Ghanaian fashion designer, says African wear is increasingly becoming a powerful medium through which ...

Mania by Jennifer’s cross-continental footprint illustrates how emerging founders are redefining what it means to build ...

African fashion markets are a treasure trove of vibrant textiles and unique designs, showcasing the continent's rich cultural ...

Laduma Ngxokolo, the designer behind MaXhosa Africa, is on a mission to embrace his country’s history and traditions, rather ...

Hailing from Hammanskraal, Amukelani Rikhotso’s love for fashion was inspired by her family. Despite being a geologist ...

At any one time in Johannesburg, designers and artists can be found throughout the city putting their hard-earned skills to work. Often merging material and expression from Nigeria, Ghana and beyond, ...

Fashion in Africa is often reduced to stereotypes, such as wax prints and beaded necklaces. It’s also rarely separated by nation. Instead, the continent’s 54 vastly different countries get clumped ...

Writ large on banners flanking the monumental staircase of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the West African greeting of “Bonne arrivée” welcomed the first guests Tuesday to the exhibition of ...

Every business leader knows his or her success depends on a viable and sustainable market. That’s what the young Laduma Mgxokolo saw in front of him as a student working on a thesis project at Nelson ...

Wakanda really is forever — at least in the fashion sense. The premiere of "Black Panther" a year ago saw African-inspired clothing shops crowded with fans wanting to get their hands on the latest and ...

In theaters around the country, from Atlanta to Los Angeles, fans flocking to see Marvel’s “Black Panther” are making sure they show up in style -- African style. The much buzzed about movie based on ...