Fofana is adamant that waist beads are not about weight loss. Instead, Ghanaian waist beads are about love, self-care, sisterhood, beauty, empowerment and community.

Waist beads are very common accessories in Ghana. If you are a lady you may have worn them a few times and if you are a guy you may have seen them around family members or your female significant ...

Waist beads are also found in other cultures, and while African and Islamic women typically keep them under wraps, some display the beads over their clothes or on bare midriffs, such as belly ...

The reasons a woman wears beads on her waist are based on certain beliefs they have and from what they’ve learned by way of personal experiences. So here’s why a Ghanaian lady wears waist beads.

Clarke co-curated "Glass Beads of Ghana" with Ghanaian field researcher Suzanne Gott, who has contributed many of the beads she collected in Ghana since the 1990s to Newark.

While people of all races and ethnicities wear waist beads, this accessory undeniably has African origins, worn by both men and women in numerous African societies for generations. They are single ...

Waist beads are by far one of the striking codes in our native Ghanaian culture. Some women wear them to check their weight. Other women also wear them around their waistline to accentuate their ...

Waist beads are a traditional African accessory that consist of small glass beads on a string or wire worn around the waist or hips. They come in different colours and shapes and may also include ...

Aicha said she loves seeing more people embrace African culture. From the waist beads, to the head wraps to the traditional clothing patterns, it makes a community more unified.