But in the evenings, men in incongruously elegant African robes walk the building's dirty stairwell.

His skin was dark against the white of his flowing African robes, his gray hair gleaming in the brutal midday sun.

From the shore, the orixas look like women in long wigwam-sized skirts; actually, they are male and female deities wearing African robes.

The three men have since been permitted to return wearing African robes.

My father would go to work in a suit, but when he got back home, he would change into African robes.

Marabouts normally dress in traditional West African robes and live a simple, ascetic life.

As her prospects looked brighter, she reverted to the turbans and flowing African robes that have become her trademark.

Some dressed in traditional African robes, others in basketball jerseys.

He took full advantage of lively African fabrics and shapely African robes.

White tie events require an African robe or gown.