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Inside the Africa Fashion exhibition

  • Last updated: 17 April 2024

Take a look inside our Africa Fashion exhibition which celebrates the vitality and innovation of a selection of fashion creatives from over 20 countries, exploring the work of the vanguard in the twentieth century and the creatives at the heart of this eclectic and cosmopolitan scene today.

★★★★★ Elegant and exuberant

The Telegraph
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★★★★★ A glorious celebration

Time Out
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interior shot of Africa Fashion exhibition - showing image of Nelson Mandela on cloth and other fabrics
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★★★★ A celebration of the continent's fashion

The Times
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★★★★★ A hymn to African fashion, finally.

Culture Whisper
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★★★★★ an exhibition that has clearly been created with dedication

The Upcoming
interior shot of Africa Fashion exhibition - showing jewellery left and right and a shell-beaded headdress in the centre
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★★★★ Wraps visitors in the world of the African scene

Evening Standard
interior shot of Africa Fashion exhibition - showing a row of clothed mannequins from waist-up
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interior shot of Africa Fashion exhibition - showing a row of clothed mannequins
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interior shot of Africa Fashion exhibition - showing two mannequins dressed in outfits of orange, blue and red
Designed by Kofi Ansah, ensembles for the wedding of Ashley Shaw-Scott Adjaye and David Adjaye. Ghana, 2014. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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