This will be the second go-round for Catherine Kapi’s African Fashion Design at the Flowertown Festival. Her first year — the year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit — the rain caused havoc, and in 2021 ...

African textiles, with their vibrant colors and intricate patterns, are making a comeback in modern fashion. These ...

Bobbin lace, a traditional craft of making lace by twisting threads around bobbins, is now making its way into contemporary ...

On Monday night, Industria, a satellite hub for New York Fashion Week 2018, transformed into Wakanda, a fictional third-world African nation dreamt up by Marvel Studios for its latest film, Black ...

Wakanda really is forever — at least in the fashion sense. The premiere of "Black Panther" a year ago saw African-inspired clothing shops crowded with fans wanting to get their hands on the latest and ...

Every business leader knows his or her success depends on a viable and sustainable market. That’s what the young Laduma Mgxokolo saw in front of him as a student working on a thesis project at Nelson ...

A mannequin stands with head tilted, a knee jutting from the deep bias chiffon and woven fabric hemline of Papa Oppong’s Takari T, a T-shirt worn as a dress from the Ghanaian-born designer’s ...

Across fashion, music, and art, African and diaspora creatives are leading a global shift toward bold expression and cultural reclamation. From maximalist runway designs to destination music festivals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Writ large on banners flanking the monumental staircase of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the West African greeting of ...

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 ...

What started with a compliment turned one young woman’s idea into a million dollar business. When Kelechi Anyadiegwu started her online African clothing store Zuvaa with $500 two years ago, her idea ...