Architects are increasingly incorporating bold patterns inspired by African textiles into building facades. These patterns add visual interest and cultural significance to structures, making them ...

African mud cloth*, or *bogolanfini*, is a traditional textile from Mali, known for its unique patterns and earthy tones ...

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 ...

This beautiful collection of vibrant and colourful African textiles, carefully selected from North, West, East, Central and Southern Africa, will thrill and inspire artists and designers, particularly ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. With the global demand for African art and music steadily rising, it is no surprise that design from around the ...

Textile pattern by Constance Girard for Vlisco on view in Vlisco: African Fashion on a Global Stage (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) The story of Vlisco begins not in Dakar, Lagos, or Accra, ...

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 ...