Here at ESSENCE.com, we love a great print, and right now, no print is more exciting than the bold and vibrant African-inspired patterns that are showing up everywhere. African fashion has long been ...

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 ...

A flourishing network of young immigrant entrepreneurs from Africa—with a sprinkling of first generation born in the U.S.—are creating a profitable ecosystem around modern Ankara print apparel. Ankara ...

The European monopoly on wax print textiles in Central and West African markets is being undermined by Chinese companies. But now designers in Ivory Coast are embracing traditional patterns in a bid ...