Africa is often seen as the home of precious gemstones and metals, with the world’s leading jewelry houses sourcing a steady stream of diamonds, gold and other minerals from the continent. But Africa ...

African jewelry has always been a reflection of the continent's rich cultural heritage and diverse traditions. But now, with ...

It all started with a jewelry collection that Nzinga Blake’s mother was going through, an heirloom from her grandmother, with beautiful necklaces and earrings in the shape of the famed continent, the ...

PARIS — Wearable Treasures: Jewelry and Ornaments of the Maghreb is a pointed consideration of the psychic powers interlaced throughout North African women’s jewelry. The variety of forms and designs ...

Catherine Sarr eloquently combines her African roots with her elegant sense of style and fashion. A former curator of one-of-a-kind jewelry collections with the De Beers group, Sarr has successfully ...

Get ready to be dazzled, because high fashion with a traditional African flair has landed in the neighborhood of Crown Heights. Burkindy, a 45-year-old jewelry designer originally from Burkina Faso, ...

When it comes to beautiful jewelries, perhaps Africa is best known for its ‘handmade’ beautiful bead work. African beads are exquisite works of art. Beads are often worn while expressing art for ...

In the rich tapestry of African jewelry traditions, ornamental pieces served as more than mere decoration, but were symbols of status, vessels of cultural identity, and practical insurance policies ...

When Umutoni Thuku-Benzinge was a teenager, she used to sell Kenyan jewelry to her friends and family after she'd returned from her summer holidays on the African continent. "I was actually quite ...

In September, the jewelry designer Jameel Mohammed showed his spring/summer 2017 collection at New York Fashion Week, when his Afro-futuristic line KHIRY was picked up by Moda Operandi. It would have ...

This online exhibition showcases art from Northern Africa. The jewelry and photographs featured here tell the story of a cultural crossroads for the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, and Europe, ...