Fashioning Africa
Fashioning Africa is the third national Object Journeys partnership project and will be led by Brighton Museum and Gallery and two community curators.
Forming part of the much larger Fashioning Africa project it looks to address the lack of post-1960’s African fashion and textiles in many museum collections by putting together two displays of newly acquired pieces alongside more historical textiles from the Brighton and British Museums collections.
Object Journeys Fashioning Africa project and displays at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery are presenting two new displays: Aso-oke, a Celebration of Style & Townships Journeys Displays. Co-curated with researchers from the African diaspora who live in Sussex, they highlight the rich and evolving fashion and identity practices in Africa. These displays are part of Object Journeys Fashioning Africa project and supported by the British Museum.
Township Journeys. A Fashioning Africa, Object Journeys project film
This film features Curator Tshepo Skwambane in conservation with Derick Ncube, talking about the ‘Township Journeys’ display at Brighton Museum, that Tshepo co-curated with museum staff in 2018. This film and display are part of the Fashioning Africa and Object Journeys projects, with Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton and Hove and The British Museum.
Aso-oke a Celebration of Style. An Object Journeys Fashioning Africa Project Film
This film features Curator Edith Ojo talking about the ‘Aso-oke a Celebration of Style’ display at Brighton Museum, that she co-curated with museum staff in 2018. This film and display are part of the Fashioning Africa and Object Journeys projects, with Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton and Hove and The British Museum.
Fashioning Africa
As the African collections of many UK museums were formed during the colonial period, few hold examples of post-1960s African fashion.