In Uganda, designers are trying to revive interest in a cloth people there have been wearing for the past 600 or more years. “Bark cloth” is made from just that, the inner bark of the mutuba tree — a ...

The Bark Cloth Annual Festival, the first one of its kind, was held in Kiwangala, Masaka District.Kiwangala is also the cultural heartland of the bark cloth,which makes it a symbol of creativity, ...

Old really is gold for budding designer Jose Hendo, who is reviving an ancient material for the catwalks of Kampala. She’s turning bark cloth, a fabric fashioned from trees in Uganda for over 600 ...

The guest list underscored its significance, with Hon. Anthony Wamala, Minister of Culture, and Nnaalinnya Lubuga Agnes Nabaloga in attendance. Many left convinced that this was the beginning of a new ...

Curfew (Likoni March 27 2020) by Kenyan-British painter Michael Armitage, was inspired by an attack on ferry passengers by paramilitary police in Nairobi. The painting hangs in the Museum of Modern ...