Meet Abasiekeme Ukanireh, founder and creative director of Éki Kéré. The Nigerian brand was founded in 2020 to challenge, transform and redefine fashion stereotypes while embracing African heritage and traditions. Éki Kéré founder Abasiekeme Ukanireh Tell us about...
Ilkhe du Toit grew up on a Merino sheep farm in Karoo, central South Africa. The fashion and textile designer’s childhood helped her develop an early connection to natural fibres and a deep respect for the resources involved in textile production. She is...
African textile heritages hold clues to how we can change fashion and disrupt stereotypes. “African fashion is interwoven with values of ancient principles such as sustainability, respect, culture, and knowledge that couldn’t be more crucial in modern times,”...
The annual Ugandan sustainable fashion event, Kwetu Kwanza, acts as a platform to motivate, educate, and empower designers to embrace sustainable fashion and offer the rest of us a glimpse into the fashion industry, both good and bad. This year, the event held at...
African textiles are woven pathways to a more sustainable world. With the shared acknowledgment that the production of textiles can contribute to transforming the material conditions of livelihoods across the continent, about 200 people gathered for the...
Our work is in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 12, which aims to ensure sustainable consumption and production. Read More
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