“Ownership is everything.” Yannick Do co-founded Dola as an online concept store for African streetwear and, within its first year, turned it into a creative agency that international brands now call on for its point of view. He tells Kemi Iruwa what comes after visibility, from AFCON to Abidjan. Words by Kemi Iruwa.
Read MoreKantamanto is cited as evidence and used as data and imagery, yet the people who work there are rarely in the room where decisions are made. Rebecca Naa Korkor Mensah, who launched the upcycling label Nakoi in the market in 2024, tells Frida Nakarma Lidbom why being seen is not the same as being included and why empowering women runs through every piece she makes.
Read MoreCan a global streetwear label come out of a secondhand market in Accra? Bhabi is betting on it. Through Xtreet Guidance, founded in Kantamanto in 2024, he turns what others overlook into upcycled denim and footwear and wants to carry Kantamanto's stories to a global stage. He speaks to Frida Nakarma Lidbom, episode two of MADE IN KANTA.
Read MoreEvery week, 15 million garments arrive at Kantamanto market in Accra, and roughly 40 per cent of them leave it as waste. Nii Teiko, founder of KALA BLAQ KINTSUGI, buys the ones the market has given up on. He takes his method from kintsugi, the Japanese practice of repairing broken objects with gold rather than concealing the break. Words by Frida Nakarma Lidbom, episode one of MADE IN KANTA.
Read MoreEvery week, 15 million garments arrive in Accra. Kantamanto is where someone decides whether any of it is worth anything at all.
Made In Kanta is a new NDAANE series, written with Frida Nakarma Lidbom, on the designers and upcyclers rebuilding value inside the largest secondhand clothing market in the world.
Read MoreSix years of archives. An inventory of Ivorian feminine beauty drawn from television, the press and family albums. Marie-Hélène Tusiama Banimbadio and Tiphaine Tano on memory, posture and what it takes to build something when no one else will. Interview by Eniola Telly, founder of ALMDCN.
Read MoreFrom experimental project to showcase of Beninese creativity, FARE embodies sustainable fashion rooted in local craftsmanship. Peter Toni Basengula discusses the pivot from deadstock to indigo, his 100% local production networks, what the FLY program taught him, and what's still missing from Benin's creative scene.
Read MoreFAD is the brainchild of Fatou Alhya Diagne, born in Dakar and raised between Montreal and New York. Part platform, part archive, part manifesto: an ecosystem built to give African fashion the context it has always deserved.
Read MoreMulti-talented creative director Koura-Rosy Kane teaches us about the history of Ouakam as she sheds light on the very specific choices behind WËR, a project born out of a collaboration with multichannel platform Noir Concept.
Read MoreSudan's fashion scene has existed under near-total global silence. REVout Zine changed that. Fashion Scout director Billie Roberts talks scouting talent across Africa and the power of cross-border collaboration.
Read MoreNkwo Onwuka has been building a circular fashion brand in Nigeria since 2012, long before "sustainable" became a marketing fixture. She talks waste, craftsmanship and why Africa should be leading the charge.
Read MoreCanada-based entrepreneur Tina Mbachu on relaunching her conscious label Atelier MBOKA with a new vision after a considered break.
Read MoreKenyan collective 199x discusses creativity and authentic storytelling.
Read MoreMAISON SITOU founder and creative director Samir De Dravo tells us about his dedication to shine a light on his community and culture.
Read MoreThe stories are there. The designers are there. South Africa-based fashion writer Innocent Ndlovu speaks plainly about the gaps, and what it actually takes to report on African fashion from within it.
Read MoreLearn more about Innocent Ndlovu, a voice of the industry writing for Industrie Africa
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