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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Amukelani Rikhotso of The Lease Concept shares her top five African designers she loves and believes all fashion lovers should know.

Eki Ingunbor busily moved around her shop full of brightly-colored African wear, re-hanging clothes, as she considered what the release of the hit movie “Black Panther” has meant for her business. She ...

The International African American Museum is hosting workshops to teach visitors the traditional art of African head wrapping ...

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 ...