Egbo says many African girls who are having their period avoid going to school or worse. “Some of them committed suicide because their period started and they didn’t have anything to cover it.

The International Day of Women and Girls of African Descent is celebrated annually on July 25th. It was established by the United Nations to recognize the contributions and achievements of women ...

In 'The African Lookbook,' Catherine McKinley bends, stretches and tears the fabric of what mainstream history has been telling us about African women in the clothing industry.