STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Traditional African garments and beads sparkle in Bendu Dukuly’s Bay Street boutique, only to be outmatched in luster by the shop owner’s enthusiasm. The elegant fashions that ...

Ade + Ayo sells children's clothes with authentic African prints. When Temidayo Adedokun became pregnant with her first child, like many new moms, she said she was excited to start shopping for baby ...

Two years ago, the clothing brand DIOP was created when Mapate Diop, a New York City native, was wearing a shirt his mother had made to a barbecue — a tunic-style shirt with a traditional African ...

The second annual African-American Fashion Show brought out traditional and modern fashions on Saturday night. Vincia Benjamin Miller, Thomasina Paige and Brenda Neely hosted the event. It was held at ...

With September being Heritage Month in South Africa, it seems fitting that we look at what some of Africa’s traditional heritage is like. Although this is celebrated only in South Africa, the ...

The make-up of our culture can include — but is not limited to — the things we eat, do and wear. For many Africans and African Americans, African textiles have been around for as long as they can ...

Kwaku Bediako Oduro is a Ghanaian fashion designer and the creative director of the fashion brand Chocolate Clothing, also known as Chocolate Clothes Global. He is known for his Afrocentric designs ...

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 ...

SEATAC— Inside the newly opened SeaTac International Mall, sheer curtains and colorful clothes hang on walls that line the corridors. The 21 stalls rented out by small business owners, who are ...