Women, many of them single mothers, make up the majority of the secondhand clothing market's retailers, yet no one can speak ...

Chinese manufactured cloth has undermined the monopoly on the trade of Dutch African print textiles that Togolese traders once enjoyed.

Adire is a traditional Nigerian textile that is famous for its indigo-dyed patterns produced by resist-dye techniques. Artisans use techniques such as tying, stitching, or applying wax to the fabric ...

Mazloomi’s creative practice has come a long way since that first quilt, which she still has (and asks her children not to ...

Kenyans praised wellwishers who came together to build a granny who lived in a dilapidated house. They built her a lovely house as they restored her dignity.