Africa Fashion Chefs

Africa Fashion ChefsEdited by Christine Checinska, curator of African and Africa diaspora fashion at the V&A, this beautiful photo packed book offers a unique exploration of how the cultural renaissance following independence evolved into todays dynamic African fashion revolution. We face forward. Kwame Nkrumah, April 7, 1960 From Amanda Gorman in kente cloth (courtesy of Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton) on the cover of US Vogue to Naomi Campbells outings in Kenneth Ize,

and photographs

bestselling author and Flour Shop founder Amirah Kassem’s Bake a Rainbow Cake

the Yogic Brethren of Zoise

With sharp insight and cultural depth

Anna Priemaza’s The Forgotten Memories of Vera Glass is a mind-bending YA novel about a world where everyone has a bit of magic in them—but some magic is being used to change the world in unspeakable ways

but Mohammed has heard of neither

and recipes that bring the flavors of 19th-century New England to life

All Aboard

The more he shoots

Samuel Drew makes his way through the busy streets pulling a curious package behind him

and the personal epic Mank (2020)

cumin-laced lamb