Africa’s unconventional fashion is the focus of this week’s edition of Glo-sponsored African Voices on Cable News Network (CNN) with three of the continent’s fast-rising fashion icons on the spotlight.
Globacom in a statement in Lagos on Friday said that the programme will delight viewers with details of the continent’s unconventional fashion.
Three Fashion icons, according to the statement, will feature on the programme and they are Kenya-based stylist and brand manager, Annabel Onyango and her husband, Marek Fuchs; Tobe Aka Benjamin Arthur, a stylist from Ghana, and Ivory Coast’s Creative Consultant, Jenke Ahmed Tailly.
A Kenyan fashion stylist and blogger, Annabel Onyango operates under the brand Dressupnation. She began her fashion career as a Fashion Editor for True Love and Drum East Africa, and currently styles the presenters of entertainment variety show ‘Mashariki Mix’ on Africa Magic (MNet). With fastidious attention to the whims of international fashion, Annabel’s personal style interprets trends and makes them all her own.
Born in Accra, Arthur is a style influencer and is known for exclusive designs. He remains a role model to youths in Ghana and across the continent. Top models including Sonia Ibrahim, Ama K. Aberese and Caroline Sampson have showcased his designs and he has also styled several celebrities including Moesha Boduong.
The last guest on the programme is Jenke Ahmed. Born in Ivory Coast, Jenke who prefers to work without publicity is one of the most influential stylists working today. “I like to do my work quietly,” says Tailly, a fashion editor, stylist, and consultant who works with Kanye West, Beyoncé, and Kim Kardashian.
The thirty minutes programme which comes up on CNN at 11.30 a.m. on Friday is also repeated at 7 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Saturday and at 12.30 a.m., 4.30 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Sunday. The show will also be aired at 5 a.m. on Monday and at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday.
