In this new episode of The Wave, we are happy to have four experts sit down and discuss African textiles and how we can make the textile industry in Africa an engine for job creation and income ...

Kenya has emerged as the largest importer of second-hand clothes in Africa, earning the unfortunate distinction of being an easy dumping ground for used apparel while struggling to revive its ...

Textiles offer a means of telling biographical stories as well as space for the reinvention of lives, as one sees at the ...

Hand weaving, the use of beads and non-precious metals are among the traditional crafts that add another dimension to contemporary pieces ...

NC State University senior Khiara Dargan is facing allegations of embezzling nearly $15,000 from the African American Textile ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is Africa's most ambitious economic integration project, bringing together ...

At an event organised by the Love for Humanity Initiative to promote the culture of reading, Ghanaian writer Seyram Agbleze ...

Before the Industrial Revolution, making textiles was a slow process carried out by people using simple equipment, mostly in their own homes. By the end of the Industrial Revolution, the ...

Through intimate, mixed-media collages, Stan Squirewell excavates the stories of those who might otherwise be lost in ...

A senior at North Carolina State University is accused of embezzling nearly $15,000 from the African American Textile Society, where she serves as president. Khiara Dargan faces four felonies - ...