Fashioning Modern Africanism

The Cultural leader, Thando Hopa whose work has advocated for diversity, inclusion and representation on the global platform has come full circle and completed a historical work dubbed, The African Fashion Legacy (AFL). The African Fashion legacy is Thando Hopa’s brainchild, a project she gave birth to after two years honing the idea with the assistance of singer and songwriter Angelique Kidjo. The Africa Fashion Legacy is a creative concept that explores the history of the transcontinental african fabrics that have been part of our lives, be it the centre of celebratory gatherings such as wedding or the identity of a ethnic originality. Through The African Fashion Legacy narrative she tells the fashion story intertwined with the story of representation with the collaboration of Miss Wheelchair World First Princess title-holder and model, Lebohang Monyatsi. Monyatsi is not only the face that brings the AFL project to life but is the cultural figure with the mark of resistance, the cour