Global Africa Research/Reading Group

Event | ‘Africa in Fashion’ – Mr. Ken Kweku Nimo – Global Africa Research/Reading Group
Dates: 22 March 2024
Time: 15:00-16:30
Location: University of Amsterdam 
Coordinators: Fairuzah Atchalo, Liesbeth Kanis, Tommy Tse
Contact & Registration: f.m.m.atchulo@uva.nl

Ken Kweku Nimo is a Ghanaian researcher and author who explores themes in African fashion, culture and textile heritage. His book Africa in Fashion: Luxury, Craft and Textile Heritage examines the evolution of fashion in Africa and the contemporary fashion design industry on the cusp of global relevance. He is currently a PhD researcher at the Africa Leadership Centre, King’s College London, where he researches African fashion under Leadership Studies on Security and Development. Ken’s talk will chart his research and publishing journey and examine his conceptualizations of fashion and Africa. He will also explore identity and meaning making through fashion, and fashion as visual language in mediation, contention and congruity between cultures in the Global South.