Africa holds a vibrant legacy in cotton spinning, woven into the fabric of its cultural history. This article unveils the ...

A new generation of African designers are bursting onto the global fashion scene, gaining recognition from top celebrities ...

With ambitions to become Africa's leading cotton producer, Benin is moving beyond raw exports to establish a robust textile ...

Its current tracking system, which was established in 2018, monitors whether yarns, fabrics and textiles were produced using ...

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.

Progress has different meanings for different people. And for people of African descent, the cotton gin was not progress. It was a further entrenchment of enslavement. And for African Americans ...