Rare view of  a Jukun court official in his elaborate strip woven cloth. Date and photographer unknown. Source: @artnewsafrica

My new book, out now. African Textiles: the Karun Thakar Collection , (Prestel), available now from good bookstores and the usual sources....

Mossi strip weave, Burkina Faso. Yoruba stitch-resist adire, Nigeria, 1960s. Strip weave, Niger, mid C20th. Hausa stri...

An exhibition of literature and music – from the great African empires of the Middle Ages to the cultural dynamism of West Africa today ...

While run of the mill Asante kente cloths woven from rayon thread and mostly dating from the 1970s and after are easy to find, top quality s...

NW513 -Fine and rare Yoruba women's wrapper cloth dating from late C19th or early C20th with an exceptionally complex and subtle arr...