‘Art is powerful, it simply needs unleashing and ultimately it will influence, inspire and help to reclaim Africa.
The arts are not a first-world luxury, Another Africa is intended to be a constant reminder of this.’

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Shades & Swagger # 12 | Cape Town on my mind
Shades & Swagger # 11 | A little Bamako nostalgia, 60s fashion vibe. Photo by Malick Sidibé.
Shades & Swagger # 10 | Grace Jones, still an iconic go-to fashion reference. Cape Town based model, Patricia Laloyo shot by South African photographer, Kristin-Lee Moolman for Women’s Health, 2012.
Shades & Swagger # 9 | On the catwalk, Ataui Deng for Kenzo AW13, Paris.
Shades & Swagger # 8 | In a word - Fierce! Open air studio photography from Podor, Séné­gal by Oumar Ly.
Shades & Swagger # 7 | Checking things out. Two young Fulani men from Mali. Colorful cloths given to them by admiring females are piled on top of their turbans. The girls make sure that the patterns of the fabrics they give match the patterns of the dresses they will wear that evening. From Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher’s Faces of Africa
Shades & Swagger # 6 |  On a scale of 1 to 10, off the charts! The photographer - if one we knew!!! Said to be from Vogue Paris, 1972…
Shades & Swagger # 4 |  When vintage pales on modern. Source : Heritage 1960
Shades & Swagger # 3 |  Grace Bol for Gravure magazine photographed by Manolo Campion.
Shades & Swagger # 2 Religiously speaking. Displaying a Processional Cross, Church of Bet Denagil, Lalibela, Ethiopia, 2007 Photo by A. Davey via Flickr.
Shades & Swagger # 1 Mlle Kante Sira’s got the Bamako swag. Malick Sidibé , Portrait de Mlle Kante Sira, 1965. Courtesy the artist, Andre Magnin and Tristan Hoare via The Guardian.