Fashion serves as a global tongue, and increasingly, it is a worldwide sensibility that welcomes African-inspired clothing ...

SOBOYE, the Nigerian fashion and lifestyle brand synonymous with wearable, Afropolitan, and cutting edge street style, makes their 4th appearance at The African Street Style Festival 2016 in London.

That's why, when we discovered African Style Archive – with just 240 followers at the time of writing – it felt like a welcome change of step. Curated by Tosin, a London-based art project assistant, ...

Their clothes are bold, inspired by Africa’s traditional colors and textures, and they are making an impact far beyond their home continent. A new generation of young African fashion bloggers and ...

There's a groundbreaking new magazine that celebrates African style. Called "Karama Umuntu," the publication is dedicated to African hairstyles and fashion and will launch this fall in the United ...

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Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Something of a democratic recessional is underway in sub-Sahara, with a weakening ...

One of Africa's most famous musicians and an international style icon, Congolese singer Papa Wemba, died suddenly during a performance early Sunday at age 66. He died after collapsing onstage in ...

In this Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017 photo Jocelyn DoCouto, top, adds braid extensions for seven-year-old Zanyrah Parrott, of Pawtucket, R.I., in DoCouto's home, in Pawtucket. The billionaire industrialist ...