Africa's love affair with thrift fashion is no longer a side story in the global clothing trade; it has become serious ...

An upcycled fashion and thrifting festival in Ghana is called Obroni Wawu October, using a phrase that in the local Akan language means “dead white man’s clothes.” Organizers see the event as a small ...

Ghana, located on the southern coast of West Africa, has more than 500 kilometers of coastline that arcs and juts into bays and points. Along this coast are a multitude of surf spots for those willing ...

Last year marked the 400 th anniversary of the start of the slave trade in West Africa and was also known as the "Year of Return" to Ghana, calling the survivors of the descendants to return home, ...

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