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Weekend music (and fashion): Oumou Sangare

Posted: February 28th, 2009 | Author: kamau | Filed under: fashion, multimedia, music, music video | 1 Comment »


“Seya” (version ORTM) by Oumou Sangare

African music/style icon Oumou Sangare is back with a new album called “Seya” (Joy). The production values of this video remind me of the stuff I see on the screens of the TVs in the African stores here in NYC, but it highlights some wicked Malian fashion. It also shows bits and pieces of how the intensely rich fabrics that Sangare wears come about, following Sangare around as she purchases fabric, takes it to get dyed and distressed before being tailored. Most cool.

SEE ALSO: Speaking of fashion, here are highlights from The African Fashion Collective show at the recently completed Fashion Week here in New York City. The show included designs from Xuly Bet (who used another music/style icon, Grace Jones, as one of the models), Stoned Cherrie, Momo and Tiffany Amber.


African Fashion Collective Fall 2009 runway show at the New York Fashion Week

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