African jewellery designers are ensuring the local industry is alive and well. On a continent with so many raw materials and elements, and known for its export of gold and diamonds, the African ...

The trade of used clothing, often referred to as "Mitumba" in East Africa, plays a significant role in the economies of many African countries ... imported Mitumba clothes worth $21 million ...

To feed “King Cotton,” more than a million African Americans were carried off into the Deep South. That’s two and a half times the number that were brought to the United States from Africa.

Many of the figures had elaborate hairstyles and wore delicate jewellery. Image caption ... shows an Asante chief at a durbar. Most West African kingdoms slowly came to an end.

The store expanded to a large unit after that. In addition to African clothes and hair pieces, customers will find an assortment of ingredients and seasonings plus dried fish like pink fish ...