The diverse designs coming out of all parts of Africa are rising in popularity and part of a bigger cultural takeover around the world Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week, I look at the globalisation of African fashion, and how its popularity is part of a wider cultural takeover. I use the phrase African fashion purely for convenience. In reality, there is that can be grouped under one name there are only themes or regional concentrations. North Africa tends to favour a one-piece a gallabiya, kaftan or head-to-toe swaddle of cloth. Sub-Saharan Africa is less categorisable, with bold prints and waxy or stiff material in west Africa, white linen in east Africa and intricate beadwork in the south.
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