African Fashion (?) is an online, discursive course designed to invite engagement in debates and provocations both as a group and individually.
The course offered by the African Fashion Research Institute explores why African fashion stereotypes exist and persist, welcoming an online exchange to collectively query the concept of African Fashion(?).
Co-convened by Dr Erica de Greef and Dr heeten bhagat, this course is designed to invite participants to contribute to a series of debates – seemingly simple and superficial – with the purpose of troubling existing and stubborn ideas about fashion from the continent.
The next online course begins on the 7th of October 2026.
Enrollment for the next course closes on the 5th of October 2026.
I also just wanted to thank you again for all the wisdom shared on the course… I reference provocations every week and genuinely owe it to you for a shift in my thinking and for encouraging me to always play and question existing knowledge and structures.
- 6 x Online live sessions hosted on Zoom.
- Intimate learning cohorts (15-20 per course).
- Date and times are convened to suit the collective cohort.
- No prior qualifications required, rather a dynamic engagement with questions of fashion practices and knowledge from the African continent.
- AFRI Course certificate upon completion of the course.