The Dutch created Ankara prints while attempting to imitate the Indonesian Batik patterns. And the West African communities popularized this textile. So who can claim ownership of this textile?

African textile patterns are a colorful and important aspect of the continent's culture. These textiles, famous for their ...

So when we talk about these African prints, what are we really talking about? The patterns found on Dutch wax prints. Dutch wax is a kind of resin-printed fabric that has long been manufactured in ...

In a small shop nestled inside the heart of Accra, Patience Golo prepares to stitch yards of African wax print for a wedding dress she is making for a client. The fabric is rich in color ...

Often, consumer choice on African fashion is limited to wax textiles produced in the Netherlands and to the more widely available mass-produced digital prints of those Dutch textiles on coarser ...

The story that is usually told about African prints is one that revolves around Vlisco, the Dutch luxury textile company and arguably the most popular purveyor of African print cloth even today.

The way one dresses can express their heritage, culture, style and so much more. African-print textiles, which were actually inspired by batik or wax-resist cloth from Indonesia, have been used to ...

A solo art exhibition of a stunning collection of 13 textile works crafted from vibrant designs of Ankara fabrics by one of Nigeria’s contemporary artists Kaosiemenma Uchendu-Edeh, was held at ...

Degante says mass production of these prints is breaking from tradition ... Today, most of the manufacturers for African fabric are in other countries like the Netherlands.