Marquayla Ellison started her design business 10 years ago while she was a junior in college and today has clients including the Milwaukee Health Department, Milwaukee Film, ACLU-WI and more. She is ...

Africa is bursting with vibrant and beautiful aesthetics that make it a perfect source of inspiration for bold and eye-catching sneaker designs. In fact, Jordan Brand tapped into Africa’s rich colours ...

When Harvard Business School alum Nana Quagraine wanted to create an ecommerce marketplace that featured Africa’s most talented emerging designers, she looked at the highest peak on Mount Kilimanjaro, ...

Kwame Brathwaite. Sikolo Brathwaite wearing a headpiece designed by Carolee Prince. AJASS, Harlem, 1968. (Courtesy of the artist and Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles) LOS ANGELES — Black is ...

A survey of work by the celebrated photographer Kwame Brathwaite shows the early promise of a movement that profoundly affected American culture yet still remains unfulfilled. By Seph Rodney To say ...

In February, the Design Indaba conference—a 24-year-old festival held annually in Cape Town during South Africa’s summer season—convened at the city’s Artscape Theatre Centre. The three-day symposium ...

From the moment you step into Titi Ogufere’s orbit, one thing becomes clear — she’s not just a designer but a visionary. The Lagos-based trailblazer is the founder of Design Week Lagos and the first ...

In a tour of the African Fashion exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, designer Reni Folawiyo posed a question: “What does it look like creatively, economically, and politically for us to decide to stand ...