A new generation of African designers are bursting onto the global fashion scene, gaining recognition from top celebrities including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, and Naomi Campbell.

It’s not often that African fashion is notably appreciated and promoted on a global stage. Other than stumbling across coverage of the breathtaking African styles featured at Afropunk Festivals and ...

Ruth E. Carter has made a career of honoring black history through fashion. As the costume designer on films like Malcolm X, Selma, Do the Right Thing, Amistad and this year’s Marshall, the biopic ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Where’s the dancer? A well-covered dancer in a traditional costume in Benin. Photo by: Nancy Butler. Benin is a small country on the west coast of ...

“Black Panther” costume designer Ruth E. Carter made history on Sunday as the first African American to win the costume design Oscar for her work on the Marvel blockbuster. Carter was chosen for the ...

new video loaded: ‘Black Panther’ Costumes Merge African History With Afrofuturism transcript The costume designer Ruth E. Carter has made a career of bringing black history to life in movies like ...

A flourishing network of young immigrant entrepreneurs from Africa—with a sprinkling of first generation born in the U.S.—are creating a profitable ecosystem around modern Ankara print apparel. Ankara ...

In 2004, Kenya joined 48 nations across the globe that laid claim to their very own edition of Cosmopolitan magazine as the woman’s glossy went on sale at leading bookstores around the country.