MyJoyOnline18h
Global fashion waste crisis: Africa calls for an end to ‘waste colonialism’
As the world marks the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, environmental advocacy groups Global Alliance for Incinerator ...
The Mail & Guardian3d
Textiles as testimony: Stitching together stories of struggle, survival and gendered history
Textiles offer a means of telling biographical stories as well as space for the reinvention of lives, as one sees at the ...
NC State student accused of embezzling nearly $15K from student organization
NC State University senior Khiara Dargan is facing allegations of embezzling nearly $15,000 from the African American Textile ...
BBC3d
Bringing the forgotten weavers back into the rich tapestry of Indian textiles
which traces its origins to Africa; as well as sacred textiles made for Buddhist monasteries. Through these depictions, the show tries to tell the histories of the nomadic, tribal and agrarian ...
Vanguard1d
Kenya emerges Africa’s largest importer of second-hand clothes
Kenya has emerged as the largest importer of second-hand clothes in Africa, earning the unfortunate distinction of being an ...
iAfrica6d
How Nigeria’s Textile Industry Unraveled Under China’s Pressure
Nigeria’s textile sector, a thriving industry in the 1990s, has crumbled under the weight of cheap Chinese imports, currency depreciation, and poor government support. Once boasting over 150 textile ...
Business Insider Africa on MSN3d
Kenya overtakes Nigeria as Africa’s largest importer of second-hand clothes
Kenya has emerged as the largest importer of second-hand clothes in Africa, earning the unfortunate distinction of being an ...
NC State senior accused of embezzling nearly $15K from student organization, where she serves as president
A senior at North Carolina State University is accused of embezzling nearly $15,000 from the African American Textile Society, where she serves as president. Khiara Dargan faces four felonies - ...