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Isabelle Martinetti

'Politics and glamour' take the catwalk at African fashion exhibition

The "Africa Fashion" exhibition at the Quai Branly museum in Paris. © Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, photo by Léo Delafontaine

For decades, African designers have channelled changing notions of identity and aspiration into fashion. The exhibition "Africa Fashion", now showing at the Quai Branly museum in Paris, explores the diversity and dynamism of the continent's styles from the independence era to today.

Originally developed by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the exhibition toured New York, Portland, Chicago, Melbourne and Montreal before arriving in Paris.

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