African print fashion, the subject of a new show at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, is so closely associated with a particular place and heritage it instantly conjures up an image in one’s mind. The bold ...

The way one dresses can express their heritage, culture, style and so much more. African-print textiles, which were actually inspired by batik or wax-resist cloth from Indonesia, have been used to ...

Vibrant ceremonial shawls and dyed textiles from Africa have been put up on display at the Mohatta Palace Museum as part of an exhibition, Sand and Silk—Textiles from Africa. These 30 to 40 textile ...

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 ...

Wacy Zacarias started Karingana Wa Karingana textiles to create authentic African prints, writes Design Indaba's Jamie Matroos. Clothes, patterns and evocative prints had always held meaning for ...

The country known for genocide is now giving the world $140 sundresses. In the hilly Rwandan capital of Kigali, 300 female survivors of the 1994 mass violence are stitching kanga cloth into cocktail ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. To create “Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle”, his 2010-12 commission for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, Yinka ...