1st Edition
Cosmopolitanism and Women’s Fashion in Ghana History, Artistry and Nationalist Inspirations
Acknowledgments
List of figures
1 Introduction: the many modes of (African) fashion
2 Accra’s pre- and Independence- era fashion cultures
3 The forerunners of Ghana’s fashion designers: Letitia Obeng and Laura Quartey
4 “Paris- Trained, Osu- Domiciled”: Juliana “Chez Julie” Kweifi o-Okai, Ghana’s first fashion designer
5 “I don’t do nice; it has to be interesting”: the designs of Beatrice “Bee” Arthur
6 “The Spirit of the African Woman”: Aisha Ayensu and her brand, Christie Brown
7 The future of Ghanaian, and African, fashion
Index
Biography
Christopher Richards is an assistant professor in the Art Department at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, USA.
