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From africa and the african diaspora. and was viewed as a mark of the cultural renaissance taking place at a period of time when fashion, music and the visual arts formed a key part of africa's moment of self—definition. over 50 years on from the dakar festival, the v&a will again explore africa's ambition to define itself, but this time through fashion. over 250 objects will be on display including some new acquisitions for the museum. this is one section that you are just about finishing now. what do we have here? this section, we are calling it our mixology section. it is this idea of sho...

Cultures to create these really unique looks. on the one hand you have the mixologists mixing everything up. you have the minimalists, very clean, architectural cutting, but you also have this section which is artisanal, showing the mark of a hand. whether it is handmade couture with hand cut bark cloth flowers, you have this hand organic cotton woven in mali. so all of the pieces in the artisanal section are here because they show the mark of the hand. it's notjust the designers that are serving to shape the narrative of contemporary african fashion. photographers, content creators and stylis...

Reflecting the dynamism and eclectic nature of the continent's creatives. part of the story of the power of fashion on the continent, it's also about self—representation. so, you'll see, on both floors of the exhibition, photography features really strongly. so, in this section we're looking at the contemporary photographers like sarah waiswa, who takes photos of festival—goers — i almost call them my �*festival flaneurs'. so she — she builds relationships with these wonderfully, dapperly dressed gentlemen and women, and then she'll follow them through the festivals, like afropunk, f...

Frightened of doing the unusual and pushing boundaries. i love this piece in kente, but of course, it wasn't the thing to do to tailor kente when he was working. he is seen as one of the first people to tailor and cut and make a garment from kente. traditionally, it would have been wrapped. in this period, it would have been wrapped. the other thing that i love is that apparently he made a pair ofjeans in kente which must have been scandalous then, because you're not supposed to do it. kente, originally, it's the fabric of the aristocracy. the significance of cloth in many african countries is...

What is your beauty, what is your heritage. so i'm excited to share that. the v%a honour the late kofi ansah with a showcase featuring the designer's garments in the vanguard section of the exhibition. kofi ansah is known as the person that propelled ghana onto the international fashion stage. he studies at chelsea art school, created his first collections while working for other people in london, really kind of finessing his skill. but all the while knowing that he wanted to go back to accra, to have his own brand. i remember speaking to one of his sons, ryan ansah, and ryan said that he reme...