A sampling of the African-inspired collection It's been many years since the first time I heard of Malene Barnett: and in fact, I didn't meet her myself at the time; it was my husband, Epee Ellong , whom she interviewed for African Voices magazine. I kept in touch over the years, and Malene is now a talented carpet designer and entrepreneur. Recently I caught up with her at her studio on Brooklyn, where I went to pick up a small carpet I had purchased. Malene B. Photo courtesy of Malene B. Malene's background is in textile art, painting and illustration. Having worked for many years in the textile industry, and then in the carpet industry, and traveled to several continents, she had loaded up inspiration and made the next step by founding her own carpet company, Malene B . For this blog, of course, the highlight is on her African-inspired designs. In the photo above, we have; bottom left: the green Adinkra , above it, Timbuktu, reminiscent of this a
