Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana, sources secondhand clothing from around the world. The influx of fast fashion, however, is turning unsellable items into massive landfills that threaten public ...

Over the years, the BENGIFT School of Fashion has trained hundreds of young people in creative design, tailoring, and garment ...

Ghana — The rise of fast fashion in the United States is supporting an invisible "salvage market" that sees American clothes waste shipped to faraway countries where it fills marketplaces, clogs up ...

Robin Roberts and 'Black Panther' star Danai Gurira travel to Ghana. So many across the world, especially Black Americans, travel to Africa looking to connect with their roots and culture. Robin ...

Ghana has officially protected Kente cloth. Only authentic handwoven Kente from designated communities can now carry the name ...

Sustainability has become one of the defining trends of the twenty-first century, evolving alongside digitalisation. This shift is increasingly influencing the fashion industry, in line with ...

A Sumter native is bringing classic African fashion to the Midlands. Breanna Moore recently founded the clothing company called, “LaBre.” Moore is a 2015 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and ...

The University of Ghana (UG) has held the third edition of “Wear UG Day celebration” to promote the professional and sense of responsible dressing among members of the university community ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — In a sprawling ...

Trader Akua Afumwaa sat quietly, her hand on her chin, at the spot where her stall in Kantamanto Market once stood in Accra, ...

The secondhand clothing sector is said to directly and indirectly support roughly 2.5m Ghanaians. Credit: Martin de Jong/Shutterstock. Organised by the Ghana Used Clothing Dealers Association (GUCDA), ...

“Akwaaba” is the word used for welcome in Ghana, and the 100 guests at the Hanover Park Sister Cities Organization luncheon and fashion show last weekend found much use for it. The event was colorful ...