The Hyve AV Clothes Minded

Africa has no Fashion.

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Welcome to Clothes Minded, a show about African history, identity and meaning told through the language of fashion. As the Ghanaian artist, El Anatsui put it: “Cloth is to Africans what monuments are to Westerners.” Join Khensani Mohlatlole as she begins a quest to uncover the cathedrals for those with eyes to see woven into the literal fabric of our lives.

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Writer & Copy Editor: Khensani Mohlatlole
Producer: Bongani Maseko for The Hyve AV.
25 May English Explicit South Africa Fashion & Beauty · Society & Culture

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