As a culture strategist and stylist, it’s without a doubt that Thobeka Mbane is a tastemaker. For over a decade, she’s had a hand in engineering some of the most iconic images of glitterati such as Black Coffee, Elsa Majimbo, Sho Madjozi and Zozibini Tunzi, fashioned...
For over a century, the streets of Cape Town have become an explosion of song, dance and colourful costumes on the 2nd of January. Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Afrikaans for 'Second New Year') is an annual minstrel festival originating from a history of slavery and oppression,...
In less than a month of operation, Ngande Textiles accumulated hundreds of thousands of views on Instagram, sharing the process behind the creation of one-of-a-kind African batik textiles. Founded in June this year by US-based Cameroonian designer, textile maker,...
Woven into African fashion is cleansing; confronting the stains of colonisation, erasure, and oppression. It’s a messy process and perhaps fitting that this is a story that can be revealed through mudcloth.
While the early democracy era placed a great emphasis on the Rainbow Nation, designers of now look to the past more than they look to a bright, new future, making the traditional cool again with their contemporary perspectives.
In utilising waste materials, a product of an overly consumptive and decadent culture, designer Bubu Ogisi addresses colonialism and imperialism as evil spirits.
As an emerging player in the global fashion industry, the metaverse presents exciting opportunities for Africa provided that our foray into cyberspace is guided by the decolonial practices guiding the zeitgeist. The ‘developing’ label on our markets does present an...
NFTs have become a multi-billion dollar industry in less than a year, raising questions of ethics, sustainability, and ownership as we try to figure out whether these digital assets are a 21st-century gold rush or whether we’re facing another dot.com crash. As the...
When Facebook rebranded as Meta last year, founder Mark Zuckerberg proposed the metaverse as a virtual reality version of the internet where our avatars would work and play to the same, or even greater, extent than we do in the physical world. My earliest experiences...
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