Not Every Lot Sells: What Bonhams’ African Art Auction Really Reveals
When Bonhams launched the auction for Modern & Contemporary African Art in London, it added yet another chapter to the evolving story of how African and diaspora art is being valued and revalued on the global stage. Now scheduled for 8 October 2025, it will arrive with all the usual signals of a market-watching moment: […]
Woven Histories: A Series on African Hair
A three-part Guzangs series on African hair: how it has been styled, what it has signified, and how those traditions are evolving region by region. Hair across Africa has long carried lineage, spirituality, and social standing. Woven Histories traces that record across three regions, beginning in the Maghreb and ending in East and Southern Africa. […]
Inside Ifebuche Madu’s Exhibition of Nigerian Textile and Traditional Dye
Ifebuche Madu believes fashion storytelling must move beyond surface optics, and it’s what led her deeper into curating “In the Beginning, There Was Cloth”—a textile exhibition that brings this truth to the fore, tracing the layered narratives woven into Adire, Akwete, and Uli. “It is a journey that takes us back to our ancient times […]
Imported Treasures: Kwasi Paul’s Vision of Diasporic Style
There’s a particular kind of confidence that comes from wearing something made with intention—clothing that carries weight beyond its fabric. Kwasi Paul’s latest collection, “Imported Treasures,” understands this implicitly. Founded in 2020 by Samuel Boakye, a first-generation Ghanaian-American, the brand has built its reputation on creating menswear and womenswear that refuses to choose between tradition […]
We The Surfers: Inside Liberia’s Robertsport Surf Club
In Robertsport, a small fishing village on Liberia’s coast, young surfers are rewriting their futures one wave at a time. We The Surfers, a 51-minute documentary by French filmmaker and professional surfer Arthur Bourbon, follows their journey. Many of these children are the sons and daughters of former child soldiers, carrying the weight of Liberia’s […]
La Vie Est Belle: Congo, Mali & Guinea – Fashion Photography as Cultural Celebration
At 26, Makhan Sakho already understands the quiet power of an image — how a frame can hum, sing, and speak louder than words. Guinean, Malian, and Congolese (DRC) by heritage, Parisian by address, Sakho has moved through modeling, styling, production, and creative direction. Yet it is behind the lens, orchestrating color, texture, and composition, […]
Oyinkan Braithwaite on Cursed Daughters: “I Want Readers to Feel Relief That Things Worked Out”
After the phenomenal success of My Sister, the Serial Killer, Nigerian-British author Oyinkan Braithwaite returns with Cursed Daughters—a haunting family saga that blends realism with the supernatural, exploring inheritance, identity, and the unshakable weight of generational curses. When Oyinkan Braithwaite’s debut novel My Sister, the Serial Killer hit shelves in 2018, it felt like […]
In the Time of Silk: Bolé Dakar’s Rebellion Against Waste
Luxury is not always new. Sometimes it is the silken whisper of a scarf once worn by a grandmother. Sometimes it is a talisman fashioned from a lover’s forgotten tie, reborn as a necklace that rests close to the heart. This is the world of Bolé Dakar, a brand that refuses the disposable tempo of […]
NYFW SS26 Trends to Watch and How They Could Translate in Lagos and Dakar
New York set the tone this month—craft got louder, tailoring relaxed, and street codes sharpened. With Lagos Fashion Week locked for Oct 29–Nov 2, 2025 and Dakar Fashion Week slated for Dec 3–7, 2025, here’s what emerged from NYFW and how it might translate on the continent in the coming weeks. Craft with muscle (Diotima) […]
Inside Ugo Mozie’s Eleven Sixteen Presentation at Casa Cipriani in New York
Named for his November 16 birthday, Eleven Sixteen marks celebrity stylist Ugo Mozie’s evolution into a full fashion collection, born from his Enugu roots and global journey. The Nigerian-American creative director, whose designs have adorned Blue Ivy’s Cowboy Carter tour and Diana Ross’s Met Gala appearance, presented his most comprehensive vision yet with the preview […]