1.   African motifs may have been hot on European runways this year, but Western designers reach mostly to faraway Kenya and French West Africa for themes.

2.   African-Americans celebrate it by having feasts, decorating their homes with African motifs and holding ceremonies honoring their ancestors.

3.   Ms. McNish, for example, produces abstract, geometric fabric designs inspired by African motifs.

4.   One guest room is done in Empire, while the other has an African motif.

5.   See the carved and woven items, the ones sporting African motifs?

6.   The African motif drew sharp criticism during the civil rights movement from blacks who said the get-ups were demeaning.

7.   The decor, in fact, evoked an African motif, speaking of a now-forgotten Third World solidarity.

8.   They place mud-cloth pillows in black leather chairs and stencil walls with African motifs.