In the fall of 2024, three major exhibitions dedicated to African fashion history opened on the East Coast. The catalyst was Dr. Christine Checinska's seminal 2022 “Africa Fashion” exhibit in London’s ...

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 ...

From the architectural silhouettes of Lagos to the high-end streets of Sandton, Nigerian fashion is making a major splash in ...

In a garment studio in Addis Ababa, hundreds of young women work behind rows of sewing machines, cutting fabric for local and export markets. Some enrolled afte ...

Africa is a rich continent blessed with creativity, innovation, and culture. Its fashion scene, in particular, is dominated by brilliant designers whose impact have been felt beyond the borders of the ...

In an abandoned hangar surrounded by dusty trucks in Kinshasa, young student models strut down a catwalk of artificial grass, ...

PARIS — Galeries Lafayette is celebrating African fashion designers, as the continent gears up to launch the Pan African Fashion Alliance, a new public-private partnership designed to facilitate ...

In the vibrant city of Abuja, Nigeria, Nina Kwande is revolutionizing the fashion industry through education and empowerment. As the founder of The Fashion Academy Abuja, Nina has dedicated over a ...

Samuel Mensah had the world at his feet. An economist by trade, he was the director of an international investment fund as well as an adviser to the African Union and various governments, advocating ...

Introduction/ Suzanne Gott and Kristyne Loughran -- Part 1: Fashion Within The African Continent -- 1: Ghanaian Kaba: fashion that sustains culture / Suzanne Gott -- 2: Visual city: t ailors, ...