“Her father sent an expert [African] dye maker from one of the French islands, and he taught Eliza and the [enslaved people] how to process indigo.” Indigo soon became South Carolina’s ...

In South Carolina’s Lowcountry, artists, farmers and designers are writing a new chapter in indigo’s rich and tangled history. A vat of bubbling indigo dye in the backyard of Father John, an ...

In West Africa, indigo is more than just a colour, it is also a fabric. It has been associated with dignitaries, as well as widows. Ferdinand Omondi BBC News, Nairobi Kenya is a major producer of ...

The knowledge to grow indigo came from enslaved people. In Africa, indigo was used as well, and when many West Africans were taken captive and relocated against their will to America, they brought the ...

On July 5, 2024, the exhibition Blue Africa: Stories Woven In Indigo, opened at the Nike Art Gallery in Abuja, Nigeria. Curated by a Spanish Gallery, MAMAH Africa with the support of the Spanish ...

She learned that in Africa, indigo-dyed cloth helped financially empower many African women. She also learned that it was a desirable skill that enslavers would look for to take to America.

In West Africa, indigo is more than just a colour, it is also a fabric. It has been worn for centuries and has been associated with dignitaries, as well as widows. As a result in many West African ...