When did you come to the United States from Ethiopia? In 1987 to study industrial design at the University of Kansas. What are some jobs you worked before starting your furniture studio? I have been a ...

“The great thing about African furniture,” she notes, “is that whatever happens to them then becomes part of the patina.” In Woodard’s home, low seats from the Ivory Coast sit in stark contrast to a ...

Photo courtesy of Jomo Tariku, designer of modern African furniture. This stool is inspired by spiritual traditions of the Dogon people, incorporating elements of the Dogon cosmology. The ...

JOHANNESBURG—Steinhoff International Holdings NV, Africa’s retailing giant but little-known outside the continent, has made its first foray into the U.S., agreeing to pay $2.4 billion for Sleepy’s ...

For African investors and consumers, the reality is clear: buying furniture from Turkey is easier, of higher quality, and significantly more advantageous. For African investors and consumers, the ...