Pan-African fashion that rejects "social entrepreneurship"

From Africa is a Country Fri Oct 24 2014, 14:00:24

'Kushn' is a chic, afro-futurist fashion and design store based in Cape Town. Owners Greer Valley and her husband, Themba Mntambo, started the company three years ago using leather and colourful woven cloth sourced from textile co-ops in Ethiopia and Ghana. The store's name is a play on the kingdom of Kush - which was [...]

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