Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana, sources secondhand clothing from around the world. The influx of fast fashion, however, is turning unsellable items into massive landfills that threaten public ...

Ghana has officially protected Kente cloth. Only authentic handwoven Kente from designated communities can now carry the name ...

Multidisciplinary artist and fashion designer Nana Yaa Asare-Boadu has called for renewed government investment in Ghana’s cotton sector.

"We've all done it… dropped a bag of torn tees and threadbare shorts in the neighborhood recycling bin," in hopes that "these ...

An estimated 20 million people are thought to earn their livelihoods in the global waste industry by collecting, disposing, repairing or repurposing a wide range of materials and products. However, ...

Make Fashion Clean and the Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation launched the Blue Circle Bag Kickstarter campaign Nov. 3. COURTESY OF MAKE FASHION CLEAN Streaks of blue burst from the center of a ...

ACCRA, Dec 28 (Reuters) - As the sun set on a courtyard of shipping containers in Ghana's capital Accra, young men and women in Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead and tie-dye tees bartered over army surplus ...

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 ...

Lordina Mahama looked classy in a kente outfit at the 2025 Global Women's meeting in Beijing, where President Mahama spoke ...

NEWBURYPORT, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clothes for Hope, Inc., a non-profit organization founded by seventeen year old Lauren Sundstrom to benefit local communities, as well as children in Ghana, ...

Ghana's Kantamanto Market is one of the largest used clothing hubs in the world. More than 30,000 vendors, traders, and retailers work to make profit off of the clothing that arrives in their ports.