unpredictable business environment and some years later a devastating fire at the Charlotte Street premises from where she was displaying and marketing her West African costumes and fabrics ...

It’s the costume shops. It’s the playwright ... The play immerses audiences in the lives of West African hairstylists at a Harlem salon, where love, aspirations, and secrets intertwine ...

Costume designer Gersha Phillips drew upon African tradition while creating outfits ... During her research, Phillips discovered that Agojie warriors in West Africa wore baggy pants during that ...

The costume in question ... but related religions that combine elements of Catholicism and West African Vodun. There are different variations of Voodoo (Vodun, Vodou, Hoodoo, Vaudou) practiced ...

"O Black and Unknown Bards" Most traditional West African societies ... who were frequently priests dressed in masks and elaborate costumes, communities of dancers frequently involved all members ...

“It’s mixed with the French culture: the beautiful costumes and headpieces, and the African culture, and was brought over to the Caribbean.” The West Indian American Day Carnival ...