The company behind some of Africa’s most popular fabrics is Dutch, but women vendors have managed to make the prints their own. With its geometric patterns, bold prints, and rich, electric pops of ...

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 ...

A new show at the Fowler Museum at UCLA explores the ideas of appropriation and ownership of African dress, and how African history and culture is communicated through the printed fabrics. African ...

Black-owned businesses make amazing clothing inspired by African patterns. What happens when, inevitably, everyone else starts buying them? By Shira Telushkin The recent outpouring of support for ...

Social media is doing cartwheels over Beyoncé's nod to Africa. The native-Houston superstar, with husband Jay-Z and family, popped into the Menil Collection on Sunday after her "Formation" tour ...

Stella McCartney is being accused of cultural appropriation. The designer sent models down the runway wearing dresses with an Ankara print. Ankara is a traditional African print that is popular in ...