Australia-based model Adau Mornyang has modelled for brands such as Spitz and Kenzo and strutted her fierce walk down the New York Fashion Week runway. She still hasn’t grown accustomed to the idea of ...

Founder and President of Isis Models Africa and Nigeria’s top super modeling expert, Mrs. Joan Okorodudu has called for serious attention to be paid to African models and creative talents across the ...

The face of fashion is becoming more African, and we love to see it. In the olden days, it was rare to see black models at the forefront, taking centre stage. For some reason, they were not seen ...

Skinny African girls may get to strut on Western catwalks, but the fat ones have to stay at home. This is the message being delivered to the 500 or so Ghanaians who have registered with the country’s ...

At this modelling agency in Abidjan, trainees pay 23 euros a month to learn how to strut their stuff. It's an investment they hope will pay off. Fatim Sidime, director of modeling agency in Ivory ...

ADDIS ABABA/LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - All eyes will be on the catwalk, but the model behind Ethiopia's first reality TV modelling competition hopes the show will also shine a spotlight on ...

In a beauty parlour in central Nairobi, Ajuma Nasenyana stared in dismay at the talon-like false nails being glued to her fingertips. "Do these come off?" she asked. "I'm going home in a few weeks and ...

Today, East Africa has a number of modelling agencies, supplying both female and male models for all sorts of creative commercial work from runway fashion shows to music video shoots. It all began in ...

To get more African models on the catwalks of Paris, London, Milan and New York fashion weeks, Ajuma Nasenyana — a Kenyan model who has found success in the international modelling scene — has teamed ...

British Vogue just won the magazine cover game with their latest jaw-dropping issue, which features 9 gorgeous, deeply melanated African models. For the publication’s fashion issue, models Adut Akech, ...

When the Somali makeup mogul Iman did her first shoot for Vogue in 1976 as a model, she paved the way for the international wave of black girls you see today. From supermodel Louise Vyent in the ’80s ...

“Sis have you seen this wonderful cover … it’s amazing,” a friend wrote to me in an Instagram message. It was the British Vogue February 2022 cover, which features an all-star team of African ...