Africa Avant-Garde

Africa Avant-Garde

A new series showcasing innovators and creators working across art, design, music, film and fashion.

fashion

Dior partners with Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo for a stunning new collection

Allyssia Alleyne, CNN

Untitled #2, Two friends dress for church celebration, Accra, 1970s

arts

From Accra to London, how photographer James Barnor captured decades of style

Emma Firth, CNN

arts

Vintage family pictures inspired this Nigerian photographer's latest work

Helen Jennings, CNN

arts

Why private repatriation is crucial to safeguarding Nigerian art

Ugoma Adegoke

A model walks the runway during the Imane Ayissi Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2017-2018 in Paris

fashion

The pioneering Cameroonian designer taking on haute couture

Stéphane Gaboué, CNN

Editor's Choice

arts

Why being an African artist is so important today

Ekow Eshun

French actress and film director Mati Diop (R) flashes the victory sign as she arrives with Senegalese actress Mama Sane for the screening of the film "Atlantics (Atlantique)" at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 16, 2019. (Photo by CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP) (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

arts

Mati Diop is the first black female contender for the Palme d'Or

Thomas Page, CNN

arts

Long-lost picture archive celebrates glamour of 1950s Senegal

Oscar Holland, CNN

arts

Noma Osula: The photographer challenging social norms in Nigeria

Marianna Cerini, CNN

John Akomfrah. The Ghana Pavilion, curated by Nana Oforiatta Ayim and designed by David Adjaye, at the 58th Biennale di Venezia. Venice Biennale. Venice, Italy. Photograph by David Levene 6/5/19

arts

Ghana makes a star-studded debut at the Venice Biennale

Jareh Das, CNN

arts

Stephen Tayo captures the sacred kinship of Nigerian twins

Tom Seymour, CNN

arts

Victor Ehikhamenor's portraits show US impact on rural Nigeria

Nosmot Gbadamosi, CNN

arts

Why private repatriation is crucial to safeguarding Nigerian art

Ugoma Adegoke

Butaro Cancer Centre of Excellence photographed by Iwan Baan.

architecture

The Rwandan design school re-shaping Africa's future

Jennifer O'Mahony, CNN

architecture

How African 'feng shui' can shape the continent's cities of the future

Matthew Ponsford, CNN

African traditional fabrics in a shop in Ghana

fashion

The complex future of African fabric (which isn't African)

Zaina Adamu, CNN

fashion

Africa's gender fluid designs are defying norms

Nosmot Gbadamosi, CNN

All in One by Ethiopian photographer Aida Muluneh

arts

Aida Muluneh wants to change the narrative on Ethiopia, one photo at a time

Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN

fashion

Model Khoudia Diop's skin tone made her a social media sensation

Zahra Jamshed, CNN

A picture taken on June 10, 2018 shows a view of construction work undergoing at the site of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo, with the Pyramids of Menkaure (L) and Khafre (R), also known as Chephren, seen in the background. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

arts

Egypt has a new $1 billion home for its most precious artifacts

Ian Lee, CNN

Fake Death Picture (The Death of St Francis - Bartolomé Carducho), 2011

arts

Highlights from ART X Lagos

Nosmot Gbadamosi, CNN

"Shrine to Wisdom" an installation by Victor Ekpuk, part of "Get Up, Stand Up Now ---- Generations of Black Creative Pioneers"

arts

Artist Victor Ekpuk pays homage to African writing systems

Milly Chan, CNN