Lisa Folawiyo

Want a must-have item? If you are living in Africa, that means traveling. I’m not talking across town to a local mall--but across continents to cities like New York, London, or Paris. For decades, this has been the primary method of acquisitions for fashion-forward Africans who craved Western luxury or contemporary goods. Until recently. From Algeria to Zimbabwe, a new generation of young designers are quietly changing this reality.