When working as a buyer for a lab supply company in 2013, Addie Elabor grew increasingly unhappy with her career. She needed a change. During this time, she and a friend reflected on how African print ...

As we’ve been reporting, African fashion designers are entering a new era – and the world is watching! One of those documenting the growth of designers from the continent is Helen Jennings, editor of ...

The make-up of our culture can include — but is not limited to — the things we eat, do and wear. For many Africans and African Americans, African textiles have been around for as long as they can ...

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 ...

Nigerian Fashion since it’s inception was less about trend and more about tradition, with each fabric, color, and pattern ...

Yemisi Bamisaye of Southfield is the incredible designer behind a fashion forward line of African wear patterned after modern attire as we know it here in the U.S. but made with authentic African ...

One brand setting the tone for 2026 is Worq, a Ugandan fashion label creating designs that seamlessly balance statement and ...

Kwaku Bediako Oduro is a Ghanaian fashion designer and the creative director of the fashion brand Chocolate Clothing, also known as Chocolate Clothes Global. He is known for his Afrocentric designs ...

photographer Ernest Danjuma Enebi relesed his first photo book, a 400-page tome called Waka Waka, in New York City, tracing his travels through 15 African countries. ByNadja Sayej, Contributor. Forbes ...