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 ...

Under the shade of a large mango tree in her sandy courtyard in a village in northwest Senegal, Khady Sene rhythmically threads together reeds, the beginning of a new basket. She and nearly a dozen ...

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 ...