My study bridges this gap by showing how fashion designers in west Africa produce their work. Prèt-a-porter (ready-to-wear) clothing is mass produced by fashion houses – as opposed to couture ...

In many West African port cities, people purchase secondhand fast fashion items discarded by the United States and Europe, and although these clothes are widely worn, many of the wearers do not ...

Ghana is one of Africa’s leading importers of used clothing. It also ships some of what it gets from the United Kingdom, Canada, China and elsewhere to other West African nations, the United ...

the fashion tells a story not of home but of elsewhere. Kente from Ghana, gele and dashiki from Nigeria, and Ankara, originally from Indonesia before being adapted in West Africa, dominate our ...

US-China tensions are giving West African apparel makers the chance to position themselves as alternatives for major US fashion brands looking to diversify their supply sources. The US African Growth ...

“West isn’t always best.” There are reminders of the role fashion has played in Africa’s politics, such as in 1957, when then Ghanaian prime minister Kwame Nkrumah wore kente cloth to ...

In a sprawling secondhand clothing market in Ghana’s capital, early morning shoppers jostle as they search through piles of garments, eager to pluck a bargain or a designer find from the stalls ...