The European monopoly on wax print textiles in Central and West African markets is being undermined by Chinese companies. But now designers in Ivory Coast are embracing traditional patterns in a bid ...

Former president Nelson Mandela has made brightly coloured shirts one of his most famous trademarks. But few of his admirers know that the shirts travel halfway across the continent, from a small ...

Knowing the value of pagne : factory-printed textiles in Cote [i.e. Côte] d'Ivoire / Kathleen E. Bickford Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...

Future plans: I plan on studying psychology at the college level while furthering my career in basketball. Costume: The piece that I am wearing was inspired by the pagne fabric worn by traditional ...