Within two years, Rwanda is going to ban the sale of second-hand clothes. This will disproportionately affect the country's poor and puts it at odds with the United States.

Designer Joselyne Umutoniwase, founder of the Rwanda Clothing brand, in her production workshop in Kigali in October 2021. SIMON MAINA / AFP Nestled on a hillside in a posh Kigali neighborhood ...

And this is evident with every dance troupe in Rwanda. As a dancer, you need apparels which suit your dance behaviour and the message you want to put across. Rwanda: Know Your History - Genesis of ...

Africa wants to be a player in the luxury fashion world, and it’s coming into the game strong. Last week alone, Lagos, Nigeria, was host to two separate fashion weeks featuring African designers.

Historic connections. The impact of traditional architecture on modern day Rwanda is everywhere. The modern Kigali Convention Centre – an iconic landmark in the middle of the capital – takes ...

The ongoing preparations for Rwanda Cultural Fashion Show that will be held in July this year will feature natural dyed clothes that are rare in the fashion industry in Rwanda.

The used-clothing market in Rwanda employs more than 22,000 people in 2016 and was worth $17m (£12m). That ecosystem is struggling since President Kagame's ban.

Rwanda has raised tariffs on clothing in defiance of US pressure; in response, US says it will suspend duty-free status for clothing manufactured in Rwanda under AGOA. Accessibility links.

A 200-year-old Tutsi art form made with cow dung, Rwanda’s imigongo painting tradition has experienced a revival in the Great Lakes nation three decades after the 1994 genocide, ... Traditional ...