Most of us who enjoy good design are able to identify kente cloth at 50 paces. But the cognoscenti of African design will tell you this colorful cloth is only one of many exotic fabrics. Ernestine Ray ...

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 ...

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 ...

Inside your spaces. You can choose an African theme for your home décor to bring out uniqueness. But make them as colourful and possible. Prized book shelf Nambozo’s bookshelf has books and a ...

The European monopoly on wax print textiles in Central and West African markets is being undermined by Chinese companies. But now designers in Ivory Coast are embracing traditional patterns in a bid ...

A new trade war is unrolling across Africa: a battle between Chinese textile-makers and a colonial-era company from the Netherlands, original maker of the eye-catching “Dutch Wax” fabrics often known ...