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FASHION | AFRICA | NOWPRESS CONFERENCEPRESS CONFERENCE UNGERMAN – UNDEUTSCHFive Years After Black Lives Matter: What Has Truly Changed?Tap in to hear voices that are not waiting for a seat at the table - We are building new rooms, new runways, new businesses, new realities. It’s about ownership! Five years after the global uprising under the banner of Black Lives Matter and in the heart of the UN Decade for People of African Descent, we pause to ask the urgent, uncomfortable, necessary question What has truly changed?...2025-07-241h 00
Black Fashion HistoryEp. 66: Decolonizing Fashion: Shifting Power and Challenging Norms with Beatrace Angut OolaIn this episode of Black Fashion History, Taniqua Martin dives into a powerful conversation with Beatrace Angut Oola, the visionary founder of Fashion Africa Now. Beatrace shares her inspiring journey of decolonizing the fashion industry, challenging Western-centric norms, and elevating African voices. Don't miss this transformative discussion on reshaping beauty standards and empowering African designers! Learn more: https://fashionafricanow.com/ https://www.instagram.com/fashionafricanow Watch now: www.blackfashionhistory.com or on YouTube!2024-10-1745 min
202030 Podcast#32 – Belonging in Berlin & Beyond, Live at 202030 Pop-up: Culture & CommunicationIn a panel at the 202030 Pop-up, Anbid Zaman, Beatrace Angut Oola, and Mich Morris Mehnert talk with Lou Croff Blake about fashion’s stake in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
What does it mean to belong? It is a feeling of fitting in, of participation, of joint ownership and of home. When we look at the local landscape of fashion’s industry and culture in Germany, are all welcome to participate, and does the industry and mainstream culture invite plural identities? Is fashion diverse, inclusive, and equitable?
This episode shares a panel from the 202030 Pop-up: Culture & Communication, whic...2024-03-201h 02
202030 Podcast#29 – Live from 202030 Pop-up: Culture & CommunicationThanks to all who joined us in Berlin for 202030 Pop-up: Culture & Communication on 02/06/2024.
Another riveting manifestation of 202030 – The Berlin Fashion Summit has come to pass. On 06/02/2024 at Kronprinzenpalais, guests joined us live in Berlin for the 202030 Pop-up: Culture & Communication. The stage program featured speakers leading from the sector of cultural sustainability, and included authors, activists, designers, community leaders, and public personas. Among the highlights was a keynote and book signing from Clare Press, the voice of the Wardrobe Crisis podcast and author of Wear Next.
After the stage program, our audience and speakers convened for a Community Ga...2024-02-1211 min
TALK SLOW - Der Fair Fashion Podcast#032 - Decolonizing Fashion mit Beatrace Angut Lorika OolaLet's face it: Unsere Mode ist eurozentrisch. Für ein Bewusstsein über strukturelle Rassismen und Tokenism ist kein Platz in der dekorativen und zauberbunten Welt der Mode. Denn der jahrhundertelange Kolonialismus hat den Weg geebnet für Machtungleichgewichte, die bis heute tief verwurzelt sind und sich weiter reproduzieren. Beatrace Angut Oola erklärt uns und euch diese kritischen Strukturen in der Mode und nennt Ansätze, die wirklich etwas verändern. Ihr werdet die Welt mit neuen Augen sehen. Timecodes: 4:00 Fuck der Woche5:30 Dekolonialisierung8:30 Macht und Eurozentrismus12:30 Werdegang 19:00 Missstände in Bezug auf Afrika und die Modeind...2023-09-081h 18
TALK SLOW - Der Fair Fashion Podcast#032 - Decolonizing Fashion mit Beatrace Angut Lorika OolaLet's face it: Unsere Mode ist eurozentrisch. Für ein Bewusstsein über strukturelle Rassismen und Tokenism ist kein Platz in der dekorativen und zauberbunten Welt der Mode. Denn der jahrhundertelange Kolonialismus hat den Weg geebnet für Machtungleichgewichte, die bis heute tief verwurzelt sind und sich weiter reproduzieren.
Beatrace Angut Oola erklärt uns und euch diese kritischen Strukturen in der Mode und nennt Ansätze, die wirklich etwas verändern.
Ihr werdet die Welt mit neuen Augen sehen.
Timecodes:
4:00 Fuck der Woche5:30 Dekolonialisierung8:30 Macht und Eurozentrismus12:30 Werdegang 19:00 Missstände in...2023-09-081h 18
Kleiderei Radio - Die Show für Mode & TextilesFashion Africa Now mit Beatrace Angut Oola
In der Maiausgabe 2021 von Kleiderei Radio sprechen Amelie und Anna mit Multitalent & Gründerin der trans-afrikanischen Kommunikations- und Kreativplattform Fashion Africa Now: Beatrace Angut Oola.
Beatrace arbeitet als Kuratorin und Creative Producer zwischen dem europäischen und afrikanischen Kontinent und setzt sich aktiv für die Sichtbarkeit und den Diskurs um zeitgenössisches Design aus Afrika ein – mit Fokus auf Mode. 2013 hat sie auf der Berlin Fashion Week den Africa Fashion Day initiiert. Mittlerweile ist dadurch ein breites Netzwerk entstanden.
Wir sprechen mit Beatrace über ihre Motivation, Leben und Herausforderungen in Kampala, dem Fashion Movement Africa...2023-07-1641 min
WE ARE FASHION REVOLUTIONWie können wir die Modeindustrie dekolonisieren? (mit Beatrace Angut Oola)Noch immer sind BIPOCs (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) in der Mode- und Textilindustrie unterrepräsentiert. Und zwar egal, wo mensch hinschaut: ob auf dem Catwalk oder den Titelbildern von Magazinen, hinter den Kulissen als Kreative wie Designer:innen oder als Medienvertreter:innen. Auch koloniale Bildwelten und rassistische Darstellungen sind leider immer noch aktuell.
Hochproblematisch ist dabei auch die Aneignung von nicht-weißen Kulturen und Kleidungsstilen durch häufig männliche, westliche Designer. Ganz zu schweigen von schlechten Arbeitsbedingungen in Produktionsländern etc. etc. etc.
All das ist nicht neu – aber all das ist leider a...2023-06-1936 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWPicture And Reconstruct Me Different: Delphine DialloEnjoy the flow that Senegalese-born New York-based international known photographer, Delphine Diallo, releases as she liberally shares her journey of enlightenment; working as a talented graphic designer in the Parisian creative scene yet not able to get past the glass ceiling in the corporate art world. A climactic epiphany for change and a divinely orchestrated connection with the legendary Peter Beard saw her to collaborate on the Pirelli calendar shoot in Botswana. This turning point led to an awakening that saw her begin her own vision quest. Delphine describes herself as predominantly a student before a photographer, exploring...2021-07-281h 21
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWTrade With Africa: Skander NegasiSkander Negasi, CEO of Trade and Fairs GmbH, introduces us to the developing fashion and textile hub in East Africa. With manufacturing costs increasing in Europe and Asia, buyers are looking for new destinations. Following the successful launch of the Origin Africa trade show in 2012 in Ethiopia alongside US Aid, since then many international trade fairs, events & conferences within different industries, including textile, apparel and fashion have been organised. He is responsible for the biggest exhibition of this nature in Africa, the Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week (ASFW) in Addis Ababa. The ASFW hosts over 4000 exhibitors and 6000 trade...2021-07-1452 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWThe Power Of Technology And Its Digital Spaces: Seju Alero MikeFor our 19th Episode, we met with Seju Alero Mike, creative entrepreneur from Nigeria. She’s a hybrid of emerging talent of combined passion for the creative space and methodological expertise. In Seju’s case, it is rooted in finance. Seju is the founder and lead curator of OSENGWA; an online platform featuring contemporary African art, fashion and music conceived by artists at the forefront of today’s Neo-African movement. In 2016 OSENGWA & The Monroe Trust presented the Afro Frontal exhibition in celebration of the Grand Opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. More recent...2021-06-3052 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWThe Power Of Technology And It’s Digital Spaces: Seju Alero MikeFor our 19th Episode, we met with Seju Alero Mike, creative entrepreneur from Nigeria. She’s a hybrid of emerging talent of combined passion for the creative space and methodological expertise. In Seju’s case, it is rooted in finance. Seju is the founder and lead curator of OSENGWA; an online platform featuring contemporary African art, fashion and music conceived by artists at the forefront of today’s Neo-African movement. In 2016 OSENGWA & The Monroe Trust presented the Afro Frontal exhibition in celebration of the Grand Opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. More recent...2021-06-3052 min
Consciousness Beyond The ProductCultural Appropriation
Welcome to Consciousness Beyond The Product: A monthly podcast special discussing the fashion industry and picking apart important topics that can no longer be overlooked. Once a month we will give you an overview, share insightful conversations with industry experts and professionals as well as summarise key takeaways for you.
Hosted by Sabinna Rachimova, the founder of the fair fashion and lifestyle brand SABINNA, each episode will feature brilliant guests who will share their knowledge and expertise with us. We are excited to share this platform with a diverse selection of industry opinion leaders and are...2021-06-2550 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWYoung Black And Reflecting Experiences: Soji SolarinSoji Solarin is a Nigerian born contemporary fashion designer whose experience and perception on racism in Germany and world view offer a unique perspective on ‘Blackness’. Moving to America from Nigeria at the age of 13, he’s drawn inspiration from hidden figures such as the Black cowboys in America, which we later see reflected in Soji’s first collection “Negro Cowboys“. From Nigeria to Maryland, Los Angeles, lang haul to Berlin, where he’s now based, to Moscow where he debuted his Spring 2020 collection at MBFW - Soji has been able to identify and distinguish the disparities in how he’s been rece...2021-06-1646 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWYoung, Black And Reflecting Experiences: Soji SolarinSoji Solarin is a Nigerian born contemporary fashion designer whose experience and perception on racism in Germany and world view offer a unique perspective on ‘Blackness’. Moving to America from Nigeria at the age of 13, he’s drawn inspiration from hidden figures such as the Black cowboys in America, which we later see reflected in Soji’s first collection “Negro Cowboys“. From Nigeria to Maryland, Los Angeles, lang haul to Berlin, where he’s now based, to Moscow where he debuted his Spring 2020 collection at MBFW - Soji has been able to identify and distinguish the disparities in how he’s been...2021-06-1646 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWShift African aesthetics into design spaces: Dr. Cornelia LundMeet the art, media and design theorist, curator and co-director of Fluctuating Images, a platform for media art and design, Dr. Cornelia Lund. Well-travelled and versed in the art and design world, Lund’s academic perspective and articulation substantiates and encourages validation of non-Eurocentric and Anglocentric theories and practices within the art and design framework. Lund’s intriguing analysis on recent contemporary African art trends explores music, art and design production; noticing the younger generation take up the notions of ‘post-coloniality’, reflecting African traditions, practices, techniques, and spirituality that may have been suppressed through colonialism, and combining this wit...2021-06-0255 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWShift African Aesthetics Into Design Spaces: Dr. Cornelia LundMeet the art, media and design theorist, curator and co-director of Fluctuating Images, a platform for media art and design, Dr. Cornelia Lund. Well-travelled and versed in the art and design world, Lund’s academic perspective and articulation substantiates and encourages validation of non-Eurocentric and Anglocentric theories and practices within the art and design framework. Lund’s intriguing analysis on recent contemporary African art trends explores music, art and design production; noticing the younger generation take up the notions of ‘post-coloniality’, reflecting African traditions, practices, techniques, and spirituality that may have been suppressed through colonialism, and combining this with a global s...2021-06-0255 min
GZK PodcastGZK Podcast #8 with Beatrace Angut OolaA MONTHLY DIVE INTO CULTURAL PROJECT PROCESSES IN UGANDA
An audio format by Goethe-Zentrum Kampala / Ugandan German Cultural Society.
This time it is going to be a different kind of a fashion talk- meet Beatrace Angut Oola, founder of Fashion Africa Now.
// She was born in Germany but grew up traveling between Germany and Uganda, getting insights from both countries in the fashion scene. Since 2012, she has been working in the cultural and creative sector, promoting visibility for contemporary fashion designers of African origin in Germany/Europe and she is also the founder...2021-05-2027 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWExplore and Reconnect Fashion and Music: IbaakuIbaaku joins us for our #16episode all the way from Senegal - sonic poet, visual artist, composer, radio presenter and platform founder. This multi talented artist shares with us extensive insight into the African music scene. In true Fashion Africa Now style, the topic of fashion and music is explored on the African scene; Ibaaku describes fashion and music as “two expressions that go together. For me it’s a way to give body to the music, give body to the frequency… fashion and music are really intertwined”. Starting out as early as 2001, interesting observations are made from this wel...2021-05-1950 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWExplore and Reconnect Fashion and Music: IbaakuIbaaku joins us for our #16episode all the way from Senegal - sonic poet, visual artist, composer, radio presenter and platform founder. This multi talented artist shares with us extensive insight into the African music scene. In true Fashion Africa Now style, the topic of fashion and music is explored on the African scene; Ibaaku describes fashion and music as “two expressions that go together. For me it’s a way to give body to the music, give body to the frequency… fashion and music are really intertwined”. Starting out as early as 2001, interesting observations are made from this well...2021-05-1950 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWPush For Your Dreams And Change The Narrative: YEGAA career in fashion fuelled by passion, YEGA talks to Beatrace and gives the exposé on her spontaneous journey to becoming an established fashion illustrator. Luxury fashion, editorial and bespoke art, the unique combination of design, fine art and commerciality is what makes fashion illustration niche in the art form world for many Africans. This is why YEGA has found much of her success in the Middle East and Europe. Her illustrations have covered the walls in the Dubai Mall, they have been displayed in Harrods, graced the cover of Vogue Arabia in 2017 and featured in British Vogue in 2020. T...2021-05-0550 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWPush For Your Dreams And Change The Narrative: YEGAA career in fashion fuelled by passion, YEGA talks to Beatrace and gives the exposé on her spontaneous journey to becoming an established fashion illustrator. Luxury fashion, editorial and bespoke art, the unique combination of design, fine art and commerciality is what makes fashion illustration niche in the art form world for many Africans. This is why YEGA has found much of her success in the Middle East and Europe. Her illustrations have covered the walls in the Dubai Mall, they have been displayed in Harrods, graced the cover of Vogue Arabia in 2017 and featured in British Vogue in 2020. T...2021-05-0550 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWTrade With Africa And Grow Local Production: Chebet MutaiChebet Mutai gives an exposé from a global perspective into the fashion and textile industry all the way from Nairobi, Kenya. Her break into the fashion scene has been solution-orientated. Chebet founded the luxury lifestyle brand, Wazawazi that specialises in leather accessories, reflecting beauty and the progressive nature of Kenya, and by extension, Africa. Providing training, up-skilling, and generating economic value to the local community is at the helm of her brand. With a background in development and having worked at the World Bank, the discussion of the West promoting ‘ethical fashion’ prompts exposure to what the normality of fashi...2021-04-2145 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWTrade With Africa And Grow Local Production: Chebet MutaiChebet Mutai gives an exposé from a global perspective into the fashion and textile industry all the way from Nairobi, Kenya. Her break into the fashion scene has been solution-orientated. Chebet founded the luxury lifestyle brand, Wazawazi that specialises in leather accessories, reflecting beauty and the progressive nature of Kenya, and by extension, Africa. Providing training, up-skilling, and generating economic value to the local community is at the helm of her brand. With a background in development and having worked at the World Bank, the discussion of the West promoting ‘ethical fashion’ prompts exposure to what the normality of fa...2021-04-2145 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWHubs Of Creativity Raising Cultural Pride: Carmen HoggThe rise in black platforms promoting and celebrating Africa has been instrumental in raising cultural pride and and expectations of the Continent. Hubs of creativity, fashion, innovation business and entrepreneurship are rapidly springing forth and advancing with technology. And there are those non African who have invested their time and passion into the Continent, seeking commonality. Style anthropologist, writer, creative producer and part-time DJ, Carmen Hogg from Amsterdam, represents this through her work. Her individualistic approach has seen her frequent Ghana and Nigeria where she has established herself within a network of like-minded creatives. A sensitive, honest and thought-provoking discussion...2021-04-0751 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWHubs Of Creativity Raising Cultural Pride: Carmen HoggThe rise in black platforms promoting and celebrating Africa has been instrumental in raising cultural pride and and expectations of the Continent. Hubs of creativity, fashion, innovation business and entrepreneurship are rapidly springing forth and advancing with technology. And there are those non African who have invested their time and passion into the Continent, seeking commonality. Style anthropologist, writer, creative producer and part-time DJ, Carmen Hogg from Amsterdam, represents this through her work. Her individualistic approach has seen her frequent Ghana and Nigeria where she has established herself within a network of like-minded creatives. A sensitive, honest and...2021-04-0751 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWChange And Re-embark The Ecosystem: Ssonko Brian & Tazibone SolomonOut of the Pearl of Africa is an erupting fashion scene. A Ugandan special with guests, Tazibone Solomon in Kampala and Ssonko Brian in Jinja, hosted by Beatrace Angut Oola out in the Diaspora in Germany, also originally from Uganda. Solomon brings a wealth of experience in Ugandan celebrity glamour, couture, media and entertainment. While Ssonko empowers local communities, artisanal production, textile innovation and advocates for sustainability. The multifaceted nature of fashion and its impact is revealed in the recounts of these two successful creatives, whose paths hadn’t yet crossed in Uganda’s burgeoning fashion scene. These two unde...2021-03-241h 01
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWChange And Re-embark The Ecosystem: Ssonko Brian & Tazibone SolomonOut of the Pearl of Africa is an erupting fashion scene. A Ugandan special with guests, Tazibone Solomon in Kampala and Ssonko Brian in Jinja, hosted by Beatrace Angut Oola out in the Diaspora in Germany, also originally from Uganda. Solomon brings a wealth of experience in Ugandan celebrity glamour, couture, media and entertainment. While Ssonko empowers local communities, artisanal production, textile innovation and advocates for sustainability. The multifaceted nature of fashion and its impact is revealed in the recounts of these two successful creatives, whose paths hadn’t yet crossed in Uganda’s burgeoning fashion scene. These two...2021-03-241h 01
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWQuestioning The Narrative Is Conscious Awakening: Akinbode AkinbiyiAkinbode Akinbiyi’s wisdom from wandering through cities and nations, observing the essence and evolution of life is captured through his art form of photography. In this episode we hear his insight as Beatrace probes a conversation on the rising awareness and pride in Black culture. His vivid experience from the fifties to the present day of world changing movements frames several scenes that have brought empowerment and assertion to Africa and the Diaspora. Cultured, travelled, internationally renowned and a love revolutionist at heart, Akinbode Akinbiyi discerns on camera the meaning and the story of humanity. A contrast to th...2021-03-1050 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWQuestioning The Narrative Is Conscious Awakening: Akinbode AkinbiyiAkinbode Akinbiyi’s wisdom from wandering through cities and nations, observing the essence and evolution of life is captured through his art form of photography. In this episode we hear his insight as Beatrace probes a conversation on the rising awareness and pride in Black culture. His vivid experience from the fifties to the present day of world changing movements frames several scenes that have brought empowerment and assertion to Africa and the Diaspora. Cultured, travelled, internationally renowned and a love revolutionist at heart, Akinbode Akinbiyi discerns on camera the meaning and the story of humanity. A contrast to...2021-03-1050 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWHip Hop Transformed Fashion Forever: April WalkerFashion Icon April Walker, from Brooklyn, New York, is considered as one of the architects and trailblazers in streetwear. The release of ‘The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion’ in 2019 on Netflix, put a spotlight on Walker Wear as one of the brands pioneering with the glitterati of Hip Hop from the eighties and nineties. New York was a diverse melting pot of hustlers, the famous, athletes and even correctional officers. On the flip side April reveals the underbelly of the misogynistic and oppressive music and fashion industries, being black and being subjected to mass-misappropriation, yet also being a woman - the...2021-02-2450 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWHip Hop Transformed Fashion Forever: April WalkerFashion Icon April Walker, from Brooklyn, New York, is considered as one of the architects and trailblazers in streetwear. The release of ‘The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion’ in 2019 on Netflix, put a spotlight on Walker Wear as one of the brands pioneering with the glitterati of Hip Hop from the eighties and nineties. New York was a diverse melting pot of hustlers, the famous, athletes and even correctional officers. On the flip side April reveals the underbelly of the misogynistic and oppressive music and fashion industries, being black and being subjected to mass-misappropriation, yet also being a woma...2021-02-2450 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWSide Effects Of Black Intellectual Women: Dr Natasha A KellyWhile Germany is one of the most progressive European countries, this does not apply when promoting the diversity of BIPoC in academia, fashion and media. However there are those whose work, voice and writings have been around for years and are worth engaging with, particularly after the reignited Black Lives Matter movement. Dialogues about black aesthetics are necessary, according Dr. Natasha A. Kelly. Dedicated to empowering and educating the black community in Germany, the diaspora and strengthening the bond to Africa. Kelly is an academic, an author, a critical thinker, a visionary and an arts and culture shaker. You’ll...2021-02-1054 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWSide Effects Of Black Intellectual Women: Dr Natasha A KellyDialogues about Black aesthetics are necessary, according to Dr. Natasha A. Kelly. Dedicated to empowering and educating the Black community in Germany, the diaspora and strengthening the bond to Africa. Kelly is an academic, an author, a critical thinker, a visionary and an arts and culture shaker. You’ll hear her blunt perspective on institutional and structural racism, Black women and the Eurocentric gaze, digital racism, vector capitalism and tokenism - just some of the themes touched in this episode. “Colourism is a white aesthetic… Black is Black and Black is beautiful.” While Germany is one of the most progress...2021-02-1054 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWHeritage Aims For Excellency: Awa MeitéAwa Meité, the Malian textile and fashion designer, epitomising power and humility. Awa debuted her unique handmade SS20 collection on the catwalks of Lagos Fashion Week, through unimagined fateful paths crossing. Awa Meité is known for her excellency and has been chosen to be part of Beyonce`s Black Is King visual album. This has given her and the community she pays homage to, the fabulously talented and dedicated cotton producers and craftsmen and women in Bamako, Mali, international recognition. Her creativity overflows into film-making, painting and styling, contributing to strengthening the creative economy in Mali. Awa provides in...2021-01-2748 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWHeritage Aims For Excellency: Awa MeitéAwa Meité, the Malian textile and fashion designer, epitomising power and humility. Awa debuted her unique handmade SS20 collection on the catwalks of Lagos Fashion Week, through unimagined fateful paths crossing. Awa Meité is known for her excellency and has been chosen to be part of Beyonce`s Black Is King visual album. This has given her and the community she pays homage to, the fabulously talented and dedicated cotton producers and craftsmen and women in Bamako, Mali, international recognition. Her creativity overflows into film-making, painting and styling, contributing to strengthening the creative economy in Mali. Awa provides ins...2021-01-2748 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWA Fashion Business Built On Belonging: Audrey & Anne-Cecile PicardoTwo sisters take on Berlin, opening up their French fashion concept store La Case Paulette. These Reunion Islanders retell their journey from being ‘just a number' in the dog eat dog fashion industry of Paris, giving well rounded insight of their experiences as young black women living both in France and Germany and shifting into the pioneering space. “The Devil Wears Prada” was not just a movie, it’s the Paris fashion industry [Anne-Cécile], which they lived out working for world renowned brands, Givenchy. Audrey and Anne-Cécile Picardo, proud of their creole heritage, aim to bring a taste of the mel...2021-01-1347 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWA Fashion Business Built On Belonging: Audrey & Anne-Cecile PicardoTwo sisters take on Berlin, opening up their French fashion concept store La Case Paulette. These Reunion Islanders retell their journey from being ‘just a number' in the dog eat dog fashion industry of Paris, giving well rounded insight of their experiences as young black women living both in France and Germany and shifting into the pioneering space. “The Devil Wears Prada” was not just a movie, it’s the Paris fashion industry [Anne-Cécile], which they lived out working for world renowned brands, Givenchy. Audrey and Anne-Cécile Picardo, proud of their creole heritage, aim to bring a taste of...2021-01-1347 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWCreativity As A Process - Finding Your Identity: JaqeeCelebrating hair, aesthetics, identity and the sound from Uganda and the diaspora. Jaqee is an internationally celebrated recording artist, with a singing voice gentle, soulful and clear as glass, and a bold afrocentric persona. She’s also known for her raw unadulterated natural hairstyles carefully considered in line with her artistry, such as styles that represent crowns. Her talent and passion for her artistry over the years has led her to really own her authentic space within the creative sphere, which many can learn from and be inspired by. In the challenging year of 2020, Jaqee’s optimistic perspective of the...2020-12-3042 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWCreativity As A Process - Finding Your Identity: JaqeeCelebrating hair, aesthetics, identity and the sound from Uganda and the diaspora. Jaqee is an internationally celebrated recording artist, with a singing voice gentle, soulful and clear as glass, and a bold afrocentric persona. She’s also known for her raw unadulterated natural hairstyles carefully considered in line with her artistry, such as styles that represent crowns. Her talent and passion for her artistry over the years has led her to really own her authentic space within the creative sphere, which many can learn from and be inspired by. In the challenging year of 2020, Jaqee’s optimistic perspective of t...2020-12-3042 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWRespect Experiences And Create A Circular Culture: Sydney Emeka NwakanmaPioneering Creative Director, Sydney, has been on a journey of discovery exploring different creative avenues to find his boundaries and his voice. He has definitely found the vessel for the vision he has by encouraging a culture that is ethical, conscious and circular through hand-me-down trade. Sydney’s project, Emeka-Suits, provides a solution through fashion that offers a beautifully tailored collection that exudes “a feeling… more than a strict aesthetic”. The German-based designer from the African diaspora created a shift with his business model by using second-hand waste, using upcycling techniques, and turning fabrics into high-end products. That’s right, the fabric...2020-12-1844 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWRespect Experiences And Create A Circular Culture: Sydney Emeka NwakanmaPioneering Creative Director, Sydney, has been on a journey of discovery exploring different creative avenues to find his boundaries and his voice. He has definitely found the vessel for the vision he has by encouraging a culture that is ethical, conscious and circular through hand-me-down trade. Sydney’s project, Emeka-Suits, provides a solution through fashion that offers a beautifully tailored collection that exudes “a feeling… more than a strict aesthetic”. The German-based designer from the African diaspora created a shift with his business model by using second-hand waste, using upcycling techniques, and turning fabrics into high-end products. That’s right, t...2020-12-1644 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWThe Responsibility To Be Different: Buki Akomolafe & Cherie BirknerMaking a difference in fashion. 2016 appears to be a pivotal year for both our guests; Buki Akomolafe founded fashion brand, BUKI AKOMOLAFE in 2016, describing her label as a cross-cultural bridge between two different worlds. Cherie Birkner exited the fast fashion scene in 2016, then shortly after founded the online platform, Sustainable Fashion Matterz, providing solutions and campaigns on sustainable fashion. While both have taken very different avenues within fashion in Germany, their passion to educate and spread awareness of sustainability in an authentic way is evident. While Africa is not a global competitor in fast fashion, we can draw on...2020-12-0252 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWThe Body Is The Primary Museum: Prof. Dr. Bonaventure Soh Bejeng NdikungPassionate about creating spaces of learning, Prof. Dr. Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung shares his perspectives with Beatrace on artisanship from Africa and the diaspora. An internationally renowned curator of African art, author, professor at the Weissensee Academy of Art in Berlin, founder of Savvy Contemporary, yet with a doctorate in biophysics, Ndikung gives a critically thought-out and cross-dimensional perspective on the current state of post colonial art and fashion. A mouthful right? And newly awarded OCAD University International Curators Residency fellowship in Toronto. Not only that but we get a taste of his encyclopedic knowledge of history, philosophy, artisans...2020-11-181h 01
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWConscious Fashion Is The Future: Jana BraumüllerJana Braumüller, a feminist, political thinker and women’s rights campaigner within fashion talks with Beatrace. Sustainability and justice are at the heart of Fashion Changers, a digital content platform Jana co-founded. Petitioning for laws bringing radical transparency, along with workshops, events and a co-written book, are just some of the efforts Fashion Changers are helping to drive on a societal scale in Germany. A parallel journey many young designers and brands from Africa and the diaspora struggle with: diversity, sustainability and inclusivity - fair fashion. Hear the challenges from Jana & Beatrace's experience in collaborating and adjusting mindsets in...2020-11-0448 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWFemale Bosses Of Fashion In Africa: Omoyemi Akerele & Roberta AnnanListen in to a candid and fiery conversation Beatrace Angut Oola has with Omoyemi Akerele, live in Lagos, the highly sought-after driving force for much of Nigeria’s fashion industry; and Roberta Annan, with a strong business development background who kickstarted her place in fashion in the UN, and live in Accra. With years of experience in the African fashion industry, these formidable women agree on the need for infrastructure and collaboration amongst resident Africans and in the diaspora. “African fashion is not a trend. It’s here to stay. Not just a philosophised and a romanticised movement... There...2020-10-2159 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWIntroducing Fashion Africa Now's Podcast HostMeet Beatrace Angut Oola, founder of Fashion Africa Now and our F.A.N Podcast host. With strong credentials in fashion and the arts, working for some of the world's esteemed fashion brands, our Ugandan-German host is also a speaker, curator, guest lecturer and founder of a creative consulting agency, APYA Productions. Beatrace ignites and stewards candid and untold stories of talent from Africa and the diaspora, as well as those shaping the sustainable fashion scene.Support the show2020-09-1506 min
FASHION | AFRICA | NOWTaste Of Fashion Africa NowThe first episode of Fashion Africa Now Podcast will drop soon, and Beatrace Angut Oola will be airing every second Wednesday. Here's a quick taste of what's to come. Stay tuned...Support the show2020-08-1802 min