If you are an African designer or tailor, you know that mermaid Ankara ... can create an outfit with more than one Ankara fabric? Patchwork designs have become pretty standard, and shirt dress ...

Virgil Abloh's kente-inspired designs formed ... of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the global popularity of her country's fabric in the wake of it ...

This buzz of tailoring activity is taking ... open-air second-hand clothes market in Nairobi, the largest of its kind in East Africa. "The more bags we sell, the more waste we reduce," he says.