Kerstin Pinther is Professor of Arts and Material Cultures of Africa in the Department of Art History at Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. Kristin Kastner is Lecturer and post-doctoral researcher at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. Basile Ndjio is Professor of Anthropology, University of Douala, Cameroon, Central Africa, and Senior Research Fellow at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
A brilliant contribution to the study of fashion in urban Africa, which will inspire designers, artists, and researchers in Africa and its Diaspora. * Elisha Renne, University of Michigan, USA * Fashioning the Afropolis is a revelation. Reclaiming fashion from its European history, these wide-ranging and generous essays about African cities recast clothing in surprising ways. The verve and panache of today's fashion scholarship is here on vivid display. Fashioning the Afropolis is a revelation. Reclaiming fashion from its European history, these wide-ranging and generous essays about African cities recast clothing in surprising ways. The verve and panache of today's fashion scholarship is here on vivid display. * Fashioning the Afropolis is a revelation. Reclaiming fashion from its European history, these wide-ranging and generous essays about African cities recast clothing in surprising ways. The verve and panache of today's fashion scholarship is here on vivid display. - Shane White, co-author of Stylin': African American Expressive Culture from its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit * This fascinating collection breaks new ground by framing fashion as a powerful expressive form in urban Africa. The contributions offer compelling insights as to why and how fashion is a force shaping to why and how fashion is a force shaping the city. * Joanna Grabski, Arizona State University, USA *