Best of Fashion 2025

African fashion in 2025 was defined by intention. Across runways, campaigns, museums, and community spaces,
Nuits Balnéaires Awarded Second Latitudes Grant from Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Ivorian artist Nuits Balnéaires has been named the 2025 laureate of Latitudes, an international photography programme from
Detty December’s Economic Power and Growing Divide

Detty December has returned, and across West Africa, cities like Lagos and Accra are preparing
In Justyna Obasi’s “Ritual”, Boys Learn to Tend to Themselves

Berlin-based, Polish-Nigerian director Justyna Obasi has spent the last decade making images that feel like
Trend Report: Dakar Fashion Week 2025

Dakar Fashion Week’s 24th edition ran three days across three venues
“Who Is MOWAA Really For?”: A Critical Commentary on a Museum Caught Between Promise and Power

The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA), founded in 2020 and envisioned as one of the most ambitious
Holiday Gifting and Wear: Kwasi Paul
Kwasi Paul is named for the space between two places. Samuel Boakye,
Dakar Fashion Week 2025 Day 3: The Runway Moved to the Atlantic

Dakar Fashion Week closed on the Atlantic. For its final day, the runway moved
The Revival Is Turning Kantamanto’s Crisis Into a Climate Blueprint

At COP30 in Belém, world leaders pledged to triple adaptation finance for the Global South by 2035.
Dakar Fashion Week 2025: Day 2

Eight designers showed on Day 2, spanning Senegal, Mali, Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, and Cameroon. The range