Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daniel Attoh and Modestus Zame / Kashif Khan Productions Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana, sources secondhand clothing from ...

Much has been made of the apparel sector’s waste-making ways and the impact of disposable fast fashion on developing economies, but new research suggests that the situation is more nuanced than ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — In a sprawling secondhand clothing market in Ghana's capital, early morning shoppers jostle as they search through piles of garments, eager to pluck a bargain or a designer find ...

It takes Nii Armah and his crew of 30 fishermen hours to haul their weighty nets to shore on the bustling Korle-Gonno beach of Ghana's capital Accra. Finally, their catch emerges—a colossal barracuda ...

This article is part of our ‘(Re)Made in Ghana’ series, which explores what one of the world’s largest circular fashion ecosystems — Kantamanto Market — can teach us about the future of fashion. Read ...

An upcycled fashion and thrifting festival in Ghana is called Obroni Wawu October, using a phrase that in the local Akan language means “dead white man’s clothes.” Organizers see the event as a small ...

When Liz Ricketts, co-founder and executive director of The Or Foundation, flew from Ghana to California for Textile Exchange's annual meeting in October, she brought along an unusual plus-one: a ...

To become a Vogue Business Member and receive the Sustainability Edit newsletter, click here. On a makeshift runway in a public park in downtown Accra on 29 October, models donned looks from five ...

Although trade in used clothing has long been an integral economic activity in Ghana, the massive influx is becoming an environmental catastrophe with worse implications for ocean life and human ...

LONDON — Browns wants to keep up the conversation around fashion’s waste problem. The British retailer has joined forces with up-and-coming designer and activist Collina Strada to create an exclusive ...

ACCRA, Dec 28 (Reuters) - As the sun set on a courtyard of shipping containers in Ghana's capital Accra, young men and women in Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead and tie-dye tees bartered over army surplus ...