If This. Then That: Chairs – Pierre Jeanneret → Jomo Tariku
If you understand why Pierre Jeanneret’s Chandigarh chair commands the saleroom, you’ll recognize what Jomo Tariku’s Nyala was built to change. IF YOU LIKE PIERRE JEANNERET Civic equipment that became a saleroom fixture. Teak and hand-woven cane, compass legs, Chandigarh, c. 1955. Batch-made, discarded, rediscovered. The appeal is modernism with a paper trail: the […]
The Index Is the Institution
Ask a machine where to find African design and it will answer without hesitation. It returns names, a few studios, an archive or two, a marketplace. The answer arrives as though it were a window onto everything that exists. It is closer to a door that someone else hung, opening onto the rooms they chose […]
How to Dress for a Rave (Across African Cities)
To dress for a rave, one must first recognize how raves are buzzing all over our social radar
Who Makes Luxury?
When news circulated that Nigeria had quietly supplied leather to some of the world’s most prestigious fashion
Hub of Africa Fashion Week Centers Ethiopian Manufacturing in Continental Strategy
Hub of Africa Fashion Week concluded its 15th edition last week in Addis Ababa with four days of programming
The Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony, Reimagined Through a Photographer’s Lens
Long before coffee became a global commodity, legend placed its origin in the Ethiopian highlands. Kaldi, a goat herder,
Hortense Mbea of AFROPIAN: The Fashion Griot
Hortense Mbea of AFROPIAN: The Fashion Griot Hortense Mbea, founder of Afropian Hortense Mbea moves through the world as if every gesture were a prayer. Every fold of fabric, every hand-stitched seam, every bead threaded with care carries a story—a word, a sentence, a chapter in Africa’s vast and unending book. Born and raised abroad, […]
Woven Histories: Hair in East and Southern Africa — Ritual, Resistance, and Rebirth
Woven Histories: Hair in East and Southern Africa — Ritual, Resistance, and Rebirth The eembuvi-plaits of Mbalantu women before the Ohango initiation ceremony, Namibia, 1930s. Photograph by C.H.L. Hahn. Collection Antje Otto. Editor’s Note: This feature is part of Guzangs’ ongoing exploration of African hair traditions, tracing their evolution from spiritual practice to global artistry. […]
Inside the Rise of Africa’s Skateboarding Culture
In Kampala, in a neighborhood called Kitintale, a half-pipe rises from the red earth. It is not polished concrete poured by a city planner or a glossy installation by a global sports brand. It is a handmade monument, built nearly twenty years ago by Jackson Mubiru, who believed Uganda’s children needed a place to […]
TEMESGEN: A Language of Fabric, A Feeling of Home
In the heart of Stockholm, thousands of miles from the red earth and golden light of Addis Ababa, a quiet revolution in fashion is unfolding. TEMESGEN is not just a clothing brand; it is a cultural bridge, a narrative archive, a homecoming stitched in cotton, wool, and memory. Founded in 2024 by Jimmie Temesgen Sandberg […]