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Get Back Into Summer: An Inamunai Special
It’s time to get our little ones out of the house, but it doesn’t mean they can’t look good doing it. Explore our collection for babies, like the Baby Chi-Chi Onesie, with an excellent geometric design of concentric circles and other shapes that adorn the entirety of the outfit—designed by Baby Bumi.
Or check out Bibs and Booties by Nana Wax. This cute combo is a must-have for your adorable newborn or young baby. Enjoy the uniqueness of African print-style designs for bibs and booties!
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Celebrate Spring With African Fashion For Kids
Spring is about welcoming the new and the young, so let’s welcome our children the best way we know how—through their fashion. Enjoy as we do a tiny spring season fashion show with our beautiful African children and their clothes. -
Interview With Ope Omojola from Octave Jewelry
Every time we put on a piece of jewelry, we’re telling the world a story of how we feel, who we are, and where we come from. But what your jewelry’s story? Founder of Octave Jewelry, Ope Omojola, lets us know that every raw stone has a story, and she cuts each one by hand to suit its independent character. -
Highlighting Great Women Making Strides Against Human Trafficking
Usually, we spend our time here celebrating the vibrant beauty of African fashion and its promising hold on the global market. But today we are going to shift gears and tone for a moment. Why? Well, it’s March 1st, the beginning of International Women’s Month. This year’s theme is #ChoosetoChallenge, which aims to celebrate women who have dared to stand up and make a difference in the world. -
Valentines Edition: Lovely Outfits of Traditional African Weddings
So how do we intersect with fashion? With love comes union, and how do we celebrate those unions? With weddings! If you didn’t know, African weddings are big, vibrant, and beautiful—from the food to festivities. But our main focus today will be the main attraction of most weddings—the outfits. Let’s take a look at a few different African traditional wedding attire. -
New Year with New African Designers
We did it. We made it through 2020 and are looking fondly at what 2021 has to offer. Happy New Year, everyone. We know 2021, so far, isn’t any bett... -
African Jewelry Brands and Their Great Designers
PICHULIK employs women, collaborates with women, and outsources to local women-owned small businesses to promote job creation and economic activity in local communities, and champion and augment women’s earning capacity. -
Modern Handbags in Africa
This and many other bags are handcrafted by Maasai mothers from the Maasai community in Ngong hills, in Kenya. Fusing a European style with vibrant and authentic Maasai designs aims to bring together the best of two worlds. -
Interview with Shannette Prince from Africa On My Back
Shannette: I went to Ghana on a trip of a lifetime. It was my first time going. I chose Ghana because one of the universities in town takes students every summer. I always wanted to go to Africa. As I did more research, I found out that most black Americans who came to the US as slaves had come from Ghana or through the port of Ghana. -
Footwear in Africa’s Past
Footwear—you know, shoes, sandals, socks, etc. These items of clothing are so commonplace that it's almost laughable to imagine a time before them.... -
Interview with Huzaif Alhassan from Afrisocks
Western fashion has, more-or-less, become the norm. No one is going to a job interview in head-to-toe Ankara prints and patterns. But Huzaif Alhass... -
Celebrating Africa's Influence Globally
We hope you're not tired of hearing this because we will repeat it—continuously—until it stops being true, here it is—African fashion is blowing up everywhere. Every time you look up there's an Ankara inspired outfit, a fresh fusion combining a traditional head wrap with modern day jeans, or a young, new designer working in the heart of an African nation using its heritage to inform his or her new line. Africa's creativity is taking the world by storm and has no intention on stopping.
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