A new show at the Fowler Museum at UCLA explores the ideas of appropriation and ownership of African dress, and how African history and culture is communicated through the printed fabrics. African ...
In a small shop nestled inside the heart of Accra, Patience Golo prepares to stitch yards of African wax print for a wedding dress she is making for a client. The fabric is rich in color: pops of ...
A welcome and a warning : kangas of eastern Africa -- Tent-makers of Cairo -- Communicating through cloth : Tanzania, Mozambique and Ghana -- Reading history through textiles -- Textiles and trade : ...