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Colour photograph of a young man in a checked single breasted suit jacket with his hands behind his back, standing in front ot a yellow wall. A young boy in a blue T shirt is walking past on the left of the frame.

R6085/2 Photograph ‘Lalhande ‘the young”

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This portrait is of Lalhande, he is a member of the ‘Sapeurs’ sartorial subculture from Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. Daniele Tamagni was Italian, and specialised in photographing stylish subcultures around the world. He became famous for his portraits of these Congolese dandies. Collected as part of the Fashioning Africa project. Creator: Daniele Tamagni Title: Read More …

Woman's shift dress in brown wax print with red, yellow and green beaded embellishments.

R6084/2 Dress

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This ‘Peacock’ dress is made from a wax print fabric decorated with brightly coloured beadwork. Eredappa Hart’s designs mix western silouettes with local print fabrics, such as wax print,which are layered with luxurious bead embellishments to create stunning three dimensional pieces. Collected as part of the Fashioning Africa project. Creator: Eredappa Hart Place: Lagos, Lagos Read More …

Woman's indigo adire jumpsuit with brightly coloured beaded embellishments

R6084/1 Jumpsuit

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This jumpsuit is made from an adire inspired fabric decorated with brightly coloured beadwork. Adire is is an indigo fabric from south western Nigeria that is traditionally hand dyed using various resist techniques to create patterns. This version of the fabric is machine printed. Eredappa Hart’s designs mix western silouettes with local print fabrics, such Read More …

Calendar showing market days in the Volta region, with photos of people wearing kente

R6083/3 Calendar

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This calendar shows the dates of general and textile markets in the Volta Region and features images of the regional kente festival. Bought in Ho, Holta Region, Ghana by Brighton Museum & Art Gallery for the Fashioning Africa Project. Creator: unknown Place: Ghana, West Africa, Africa Date: 2017

Kente made up of coloured strips representing different designs and techniques.

R6082 Textile; Kente

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This narrow strip woven women’s kente cloth was made by an unknown Ewe weaver. This type of cloth is called ‘Sasa’, mixed cloth or patchwork. These cloths are made up of different coloured stripes of narrowstrip woven cloth and most of the examples that make up this cloth use the ‘Kpevi’ or two stones technique. Read More …

woman's bloused tailored from strips of red, orange, green, yellow and blue kente cloth

R6081 Blouse; Batakari

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This blouse is part of a women’s kaba outfit. A kaba and slit is a two or three piece outfit worn by Ghanaian women, consisting of a fitted blouse with wide sleeves, a wrapper skirt, and sometimes a matching headwrap. This blouse is made from narrow woven kente strips, hand stitched together, and then tailored Read More …

narrow strip woven man’s kente cloth multicoloured design with motifs including Sanfoka birds, tortoises and people with geckos along the borders.

R6080/1 Textile; Kente

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This men’s narrow strip woven rayon kente cloth, made by twins Fred and Richmond Akpo, is an Adanouvor or design cloth. It features motifs such as sankofa (bird looking back), tortoises, people, and geckos. This is a copy of the Akpos’ cloth that won them the 2016 Agotime Kpetoe Kente Festival weaving and design competition. Read More …