The kente cloth is a traditional African cloth – the colors and design hold a specific meaning. It is the most popular and best-known of all African textiles. Originally, royalty exclusively wore ...

Time was when the kente was a strictly royal cloth reserved only for the most special of occasions and the elite of Ghanaian societies. Today the kente is widely available to all of us ...

By examining the work of designers of African descent, a new exhibition in Manhattan finds common threads and, more ...

I couldn’t do it.” Her show at Fort Gansevoort, “Beyond Patchwork: The Abstractions of Yvonne Wells,” at first glance seems ...

They relay important cleaning information. Here's what they mean and how to use them. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes it’s more confusing than text. That goes double when ...

On the third day of the Chale Wote Street Arts Festival on August 22, a captivating session titled "Kete Techniques in Analog Designs" offered valuable insights into the art of Kente weaving.

As a hiker, I hate sneaking off into the bushes for a surreptitious pee only to discover a pile of used toilet paper strewn ...

With more than 1,800 works from five continents, and new scholarship, refreshed galleries present the arts of Africa, the ...

Artists who have taken visual concepts to share a narrative with the world have transformed the definition of art ... has ...

Today, some people consider "OG" to mean "original," according to Merriam-Webster. In both cases, the term is used to describe someone or something that is the original or originator, particularly ...