There was a time when boubou dresses and kente cloth kufis were reserved for two occasions: Kwanzaa in December and Black History Month in February. Then they were returned to plastic garment bags and ...

Three Nigerian sisters, Lilian, Marysonia and Mirian Ugokwe founded one of the top-selling Afrocentric clothing and accessory brands online, Dashiki Pride. The company was founded in 2014 and the ...

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 ...

A new Afrocentric boutique opened Monday in Aurora bringing the heritage of African fashion to the state’s second-largest city. SamandaRose Couture opened at 481 Commons Drive on Aurora’s far east ...

From cash to cultural commodities; DeVette McGhee: She left the New York world of high finance to open an Afrocentric store in Baltimore. DeVette McGhee says “amani” means faith in Islamic Swahili, ...

Lorna D. Cheatham is the founder and CEO of Clera’s Creative Gifts, a Black-owned gift-wrapping paper and gift bag brand that is known for its unique Afrocentric-themed designs. A certified Women’s ...