Documenting changing fashion in Africa post-1960
This metal badge features a portrait of Agostinho Neto in white enamel. Neto was the first president of Angola following the end of the Angolan War of Independence and the signing of the Alvor Agreement in 1975. This badge formerly belonged to Charles Makhuya. In the 1970s Charles was a guerrilla / freedom fighter with Read More …
This abeti aja (aso-oke hat) is part of a groom’s outfit, made in Ibadan, Nigeria and commissioned by the owner Dotun for his London wedding reception in 1995. It was one of three hats made to go with the outfit, he chose to wear this abeti aja, with triangular flaps at either side, named so Read More …