Africa: African Fashion News

Posted 13 May 2008 18:20 GMT

Countries	Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa
Topics	Arts & Culture
Languages	English

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· Afrika: Vaovao momba ny lamaody afrikana

Ladybrille African Fashion News: “A weekly collection of fashion news relating to or about Africa. Some quick highlights from this week's news: a) Ghana prepares for its first ever fashion week with Coca-Cola Accra Fashion Week; b) South Africa forges fashion relationships with Asia, South Africa based Nigerian Designer Fred Eboka hopes to do a show in Nigeria and South Africa's Johannesburg's Fashion Capitol is almost complete!”

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