African fashion was also a topic at the Global African Business Initiative to explore the industry's future. As reported by UNESCO, Africa exports $15.5 billion annually in raw textiles, clothing ...

Some critics saw the wordplay as a nod, either unintentional or deliberate, to the discredited theory of eugenics.

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.

Sindiso Khumalo is ethereal; one can tell this by how she speaks about herself and her art. But it’s also impressive to describe her as the South African designer who built a decade-long fashion ...

3. Harlem Renaissance Glam Party Transport guests back to the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement in the 1920s and 1930s when African American art, music, literature and fashion flourished.

But African American hair braiding styles stood — and still stand — as a direct challenge to those outdated norms. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Black is Beautiful movement sparked a renaissance ...