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Author: Nkhensani Mkhari
Style as resistance and Black self-making in South Africa
Nkhensani Mkhari
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Style as resistance and Black self-making in South Africa

South African fashion has long transformed clothing into a language of survival, resistance, memory and futurity
May 26, 2026
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