Draws parallels between African fabric motifs and designs found in African American ... Picton, John and Mack, John. African Textiles. Harper and Row, Publishers: New York, 1989. A richly illustrated ...

Color is deeply meaningful in African cultures, representing life's vibrancy and abundance. Think prosperity, health, and ...

Listening to Mandi made me realise how much I, too, had come to associate modern African design with ankara fabrics. This textile has dominated African fashion and design, making its mark on ...

At the same time, the textile industry in Great Britain was ... To feed “King Cotton,” more than a million African Americans were carried off into the Deep South. That’s two and a half ...

Making African-inspired solar lanterns is a fun and creative way to experience a taste of Africa's vibrant cultures right in ...

One of the things that bring these communities together is dressing. African fabrics are known for being colourful and versatile. The latest African fashion dresses borrow some elements from ...

Not only will such devices be embedded on textile substrates, but an electronics device or system could become the fabric itself (see for instance: Nanotechnology e-textiles for bio-monitoring and ...