Heritage Aims For Excellency: Awa Meité

Awa Meité, the Malian textile and fashion designer, epitomising power and humility. Awa debuted her unique handmade SS20 collection on the catwalks of Lagos Fashion Week, through unimagined fateful paths crossing. Awa Meité is known for her excellency and has been chosen to be part of Beyonce`s Black Is King visual album. This has given her and the community she pays homage to, the fabulously talented and dedicated cotton producers and craftsmen and women in Bamako, Mali, international recognition. Her creativity overflows into film-making, painting and styling, contributing to strengthening the creative economy in Mali. Awa provides insight into the international cotton and textile trade, narrating how she provides conscious solutions to her local community. A real gem, she represents handmade fashion, artisanship, craftsmanship made in Africa, sustainable and unique. “When you do the weaving you are writing a story…this person is buying a story…we are story-tellers.” Support the show

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Heritage Aims For Excellency: Awa Meité is an episode from FASHION | AFRICA | NOW by with Beatrace Angut Oola.

This episode is 48:59 long.

This episode was published on Jan 27, 2021.

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