Prints of a Place: Banke Kuku’s Lagos-Born Language of Luxury
The designer Banke Kuku. Photo credit: courtesy of Banke Kuku. Banke Kuku is shaping contemporary luxury through a signature fusion of Nigerian heritage and modern print innovation—an approach rooted in her culture and a steadfast commitment to sustainability. In her vision, luxury extends beyond mere fabric or form—it becomes a narrative: the way a print […]
Helmet of Heritage: Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah on Identity, Legacy, and Purpose
NFL star Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah leads Guzangs’ debut digital cover in a story that threads fashion, ancestry, and purpose—shot in Tamale, Ghana.
A Letter From Tounes
A Letter From Tounes is part of NOT A FAD, a long-term initiative from Fashion. Art. Development. (FAD) — a platform founded in 2020 to honor heritage not as something fixed or nostalgic, but as a living practice. Through design, artisan partnerships, and storytelling, FAD connects ancestral craft with contemporary aesthetics to reclaim narratives across […]
Modou Gueye: The Mats of My Childhood as Diasporic Ritual and Visual Reclamation
Some artists paint what they see. Modou Gueye paints what stays with him. Born in 1990 in Pikine, Senegal, and now living between Dakar and Barcelona, Gueye creates from a place where memory meets ritual, and where the ordinary is reborn as sacred. His work doesn’t seek to explain, it seeks to remember. Not with […]
Inside Africa Basel: A New Stage for African Contemporary Voices
Africa Basel’s inaugural edition ran from June 18–22, 2025, alongside Art Basel, transforming the Ackermannshof courtyard in Basel’s St. Johanns-Vorstadt into a dedicated hub for contemporary African art. Nearly twenty galleries participated, offering collectors, curators, and the public an immersive look at painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and digital media. A curated VIP preview on opening […]
How Naëtt Mbaye Is Building a Language of Film, Flesh, and Feeling
Naëtt Mbaye isn’t interested in categories. Not in art, not in identity, and definitely not in career paths. She’s worked as a producer for Chanel, styled shoots at WAD Magazine, and shot analog portraits that feel more like memory than documentation. She’s also acted, written scripts, and quietly made her mark as one of […]
The Sovereign Note: When We See Us in Minor Keys
There are women who walk into a room and shift its temperature. Not with volume or flash, but with presence — that quiet, calibrated command that makes the air feel more intentional. Koyo Kouoh was one of those women. She moved like meaning. She spoke with tempo. She walked as if she were carrying a […]
Toni Tones Wanted to Be a Photographer—She Became a Rising Nollywood Star Instead
If there’s a “breakout star of 2025” title, Toni Tones has already claimed it. Best known for her chilling portrayal of young Eniola in King of Boys and her fan-favorite role as Lara Thompson in The Smart Money Woman and Azuwa Studios’ upcoming Lara Unlimited, she’s also lit up screens in the award-winning short Angie’s […]
Where the Fathers Are
Carlos Idun-Tawiah’s portraits reimagine absence, softness, and legacy in Black fatherhood. Timed for Father’s Day, his series Hero, Father, Friend invites us into a world where care is quiet, presence is sacred, and the everyday becomes monumental. Carlos is a Ghanaian artist, photographer, and filmmaker based in Accra. Drawing inspiration from African archival treasures, he explores […]
Style Is Life: Reframing Africa Through the Sartorial Lens of Daniele Tamagni
In Dakar, where the past and future often collide in radiant defiance, Style is Life opened not just as an exhibition, but as a declaration. A necessary reframing of how Africa is seen, styled, and storied—through the radical lens of the late Daniele Tamagni. Here, fashion becomes more than fabric. It becomes language. Protest. Memory. […]