Global Voices

Beyond boubou and wax prints: Africa Fashion Tour changes perceptions of African creativity

African women’s wardrobes are diverse. Quite mixed, African fashion is sometimes traditional, sometimes Western, and ...
Sioux City Journal

Traveling African wax prints exhibit opens at Sioux City Public Museum

SIOUX CITY | Shortly after the "Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints" exhibit went on display at the Sioux City Public Museum, director Steve Hansen saw two young girls admiring three dresses encased ...
NJ.com

Kean U. to kick off African History Month with exhibit of wax prints

Kean University in Union will host the Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints exhibition at the Karl and Helen Burger Gallery from February 1 to March 3, 2017. In celebration of African History Month, ...
Fast Company

The Fraught History Of African Textiles

African print fashion, the subject of a new show at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, is so closely associated with a particular place and heritage it instantly conjures up an image in one’s mind. The bold ...
CNN

The complex future of African fabric (which isn’t 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 ...
Curbed

Talking Wanderlust & African Wax Prints with the Royal Native

We are massive fans of Hilary Star de Roy's brand, Royal Native. She is reimagining African wax prints in such a cool way that all we can say is, yes, please! This chick lives her brand through and ...