African winters can be quite chilly, but they are also a great opportunity to showcase the continent's rich textile heritage through patterned ponchos ...

Kente cloth, a brightly colored and intricately patterned traditional African fabric, can serve as a window into another culture.The cloth has been adopted into African American culture and is a ...

Anthropologie has used them to cover ottomans and to upholster chairs. Woolrich Woolen Mills turned them into short-sleeve button-ups, and Agnes B. used them to make a summer suit. Burberry Prorsum ...

African winter fashion is a perfect blend of tradition and modernity, and tapestry bags are an integral part of it ...

IShowSpeed embraced Ghanaian culture in Akropong, draped in Kente cloth, as he explored heritage sites and participated in ceremonies reflecting identity and pride.

The best metaphors come as naturally as sunrise; they aren’t forced or contrived. When you discover that kente cloth — real kente cloth, woven by hand, not the machine-made version — is the same both ...

Photographs taken by Gavin Ashworth during the summer of 1987 in several villages in Mali and Cote d'Ivoire. The images detail all phases of strip weaving, from the spinning of yarn to the assemblage ...