A Senegalese woman wears clothing and gold jewelry inspired by the fashions of the country's powerful signares --women who lived in the 18th and 19th century. The photo is featured in the exhibit at ...

In the cities of the West African nation of Senegal, stylish women have often used jewelry as part of an overall strategy of exhibiting their elegance and prestige. Rooted in the Wolof concept of ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Secondhand T-shirts, jeans and dresses are piled high for blocks along the busy streets in Dakar’s Colobane neighborhood, where people buy donated European and American fashions ...

Imagine if we'd never heard of China's Ming dynasty vases, Russia's Fabergé eggs or Ghana's Kente cloth. Yet it so happens that Senegal boasts an artistic practice just as unparalleled — but which has ...