NTV anchors Lofty Matambo and Fridah Mwaka discuss their platonic bond and the significance of waist beads in a candid ...

It might just be the prettiest trend you’ll never see. Oh, you might get a peek now and then. Tica Bowden says she spies glimpses of color all the time lately, as a woman leans over a certain way and ...

Waist beads, once regarded as traditional African adornments worn discreetly beneath clothing, are now a visible fashion statement among young women in Nairobi. The growing popularity of these ...

Aicha co-owns Top Diversified Fashions with her husband Bass Lo in the Downtown Inglewood Fashion District. Top Diversified Fashions has been bringing African culture to Inglewood on Market Street for ...

While the colors in African waist beads are open to interpretation, some traditions equate certain qualities to various hues: Blue: knowledge, healing, peace, truth, harmony — a cooling color ...