African textile patterns are a colorful and important aspect of the continent's culture. These textiles, famous for their ...

textiles and pattern-making. Jeanine Hays, creative director of the interior design firm AphroChic in Brooklyn, N.Y., works with her team to develop modern takes on traditional African textiles ...

His paintings' brilliant palettes and dynamic patterns-inspired in part by West African textile designs ... carry the colors in his paintings. "The pattern is the rhythm," he explained, "and ...