Africans have had a significant influence on the culture of USA for a long time. African music has greatly influenced the American music. Their dances and many African arts have been showcased all over the US. Americans have accepted and welcomed this cultural influence. They have been intrigued by the continent and have sought to...
Category: African fashion
African Fashion Week Nigeria (AFWN) is significantly helping the growing African fashion industry
The African Fashion Week Nigeria is around the corner. Though the dates for the 2018 event have not been finalized, there is already an excitement in the air. The annual event has attracted the attention of not just Africans but also of the whole world. The AFWN, as it is popularly known, has been popular...
The Three Major Effects of Social Media on the Emergence of the African Fashion Industry
Social media platforms have expanded through the years. The current active social media platforms include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Snapchat, and even Google+. Social media has the influences the fashion industry immensely, especially the African fashion industry. With the aid of effects such as likes, followers, and sharing, brands are slowly starting to exploit...
The Five Key Characteristics of African Fashion
Amanda Adama Ndiaye once stated, “Fashion is like life and just like life, you must always express yourself freely.” This illustrates exactly what African fashion and style are all about. It brings about the positive aspects of a person’s identity through distinct pieces. African fashion is identifiable from a mile away. Its uniqueness is attributed...
How is African Diaspora Influencing the Global View of African Fashion?
Across the world, fashion is used as a form of identity. This has led to more people contextualizing and taking risks through the creation of trends and styles. However, when it comes to African fashion the mainstream fashion industry reduces it to a single entity. They categorize African fashion to include aspects like: Tribal prints...
A Review of Seven Major African Fashion Week Events across the Globe
African Fashion Week is a popular fashion industry that allows brands, independent designers, and fashion houses to display their collection in the form of a runway. Just as the name suggests, this event takes a week, each day having a distinct theme or activity. There are very few African fashion week events across the globe....
11 facts to know about the well-known African dashiki prints
This is an African fabric whose name dashiki originated from the word “dan ciki” or “danshiki” which means shirt in Hausa and Yoruba respectively. These are languages spoken from the west part of Africa including Nigeria the land of fashion and culture. origin Dashiki prints originated from the western part of African. It was meant...
Top Afrobeat artists with the most considerable African swag
Some of our Aftrobeats artists have it all when it comes to dressing up to the African fashion. As an artist, you must show the public that dressing up to your swag is one thing that comes hand in hand with your music. It is not guaranteed for an artist to dress up like hip-hop...
Top 11 African fashion models and their Instagram accounts
The following list consists of the top African fashion models who have come to the limelight by showing off their beauty and their great bodies. 1. Fatima Siad (@fatimasiad) She is an elegant lady from Somalia/ Ethiopia. She has featured in several magazines such as Essence magazine, Marie Claire, and Elle....
Top 9 known African fashion designers from West Africa
Speaking of fashion, the west part of Africa has boomed for the past few years where it has improved its skills on fashion and entered into another level in the fashion world. If you do not know Africa well enough, you may not picture it being among the best fashion monger in the world. African...
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