Coming back to Guangzhou this summer brings a whole new experience to me. The weather is hot, and the Africans are back. Along our way to the different trading sites, we open all our senses to remap the contours of everyday fashion.  Photos: Faye China Africa Fashion Power #FollowOurJourney

Great memories with my team sharing our China Africa Fashion Power research progress in this major global academic event for Asian (Studies) Scholars #IIAS #ICAS13Surabaya #Indonesia #Surabaya #AsianScholars #ConferenceFestivals #TheWigStoreExhibition #ERC #UvAMediaStudies #ASCA #July2024

And it's a wrap on three-days of workshopping Asia-Africa connections in a changing world order, with great papers across disciplines from Maria Repnikova, Cobus van Staden, Tommy Tse, Renu Modi, Liang Xu, Karen Harris, Yu-Shan Wu, Suweon Kim, and many others!

The China Africa Fashion Power Project cordially invites you to our first International workshop in Nairobi, Kenya (26 Sep 9:30-17:30 EAT) Registration after 1 September 2024 for online and off-line attendance: Use QR code below #CAFP #fashion #Kenya #workshop #followourjourney

Our first International Workshop in Nairobi!! Date & Time: 26 Sept 2024 (9:30-17:30 EAT) or 8:30-16:30 CEST. Register with the QR code. #CAFP #fashion #workshop #followourjourney #Nairobi #Africa

The China Africa Fashion Power Project delightfully invites your attendance to our exhibition in Nairobi!!! Date & Time: 26 Sept- 30 Nov 2024, Mon-Sun (08:30-17:30 EAT) Venue: Nairobi Gallery, Kenya. #CAFPower_ERC #ReadyForShipment #Fashion #Africa #followourjourney

The full e-programme is available now, see: chinaafricafashionpower.org/event-details/… Check out the panel(s) you’re interested in, register, and see you on Zoom (or even in person in Nairobi) next Thursday!

Choose your interested panel(s), register, and see you online (or in real) next Thu! *Fashion, Beauty & Creativity Unbound: China, Africa and the Multiple Souths: International Workshop* Time: Thu, 26 Sep, 2024 9:30 - 17:30 (EAT) 8:30 - 16:30 (CEST) chinaafricafashionpower.org/event-details/…

Coming to the “center” of our research for genuinely open and meaningful dialogues. We had 70 offline participants & 140+ online registrants for all 5 panels! We’ll always remember this beautiful journey to Africa. #ERC China Africa Fashion Power #NairobiWorkshop #FashionBeauty&MultipleSouths

So proud of our great China Africa Fashion Power team for putting this photographic exhibition together at the Nairobi Gallery! Photos by: Kibe Nduni #RFS #待发货 #ReadyForShipment #27Sep-30Nov2024 #NairobiGallery #NationalMuseumOfKenya #VisualArchive #UniversityOfAmsterdam #UvAMediaStudies

We just follow, to explore, and be amazed by how cow bones can become gemstones, how railways can become fashion runways, and how a wasteland can become a wonderland. Stay creative and resilient, Africa. Photos by: Kibe Nduni #KiberaFashionWeek #Nairobi #Kenya #ERC #UvA #ASCA

Our member, Dr. Tommy Tse’s recent publication on data colonialism.

*Rapture & Continuity* (2021 vs 2024) During Covid-19, everyone in Yiwu was so desperate to catch up with e-commerce fearing an indeterminate border closure. Now Yiwu seems to be back to the good old days-but for how long? #CAFP #followourjourney #ethnography #Yiwu #China

🌟Join our 1st #ASCA #GlobalAfrica seminar (onsite) event this year: “Building Futures, Shaping Resistance: Nairobi in Focus”! Speakers: Elisa Tamburo (Harvard/Oxford) & Fairuzah Atchulo (UvA) Fri, 14 Feb 2025 (3-4:30pm CET) @ Rm D1.18A, OMHP 4-6, 1012 CN Ams #ERC China Africa Fashion Power

The 2nd #ASCA #GlobalAfrica seminar “Global Africa/Global China” will be held on 28 Mar (3 - 4:30pm, CET). Miriam Driessen (Oxford) & Nicholas Loubere (Lund) will come to Ams in person! You can also join us on Zoom. Drinks & snacks @ the networking session - see you there! #ERC

The 3rd #ASCA #GlobalAfrica seminar “Afro-Sino Tech Futures” will be held on 11 Apr 2025 (3 - 4:30pm, CEST). Seyram Avle (UMass Amherst) & Jupiter Wei Wang (UvA) will present in person. You can also join us on Zoom. Drinks & snacks @ the networking session - cya! China Africa Fashion Power

In #UvA #ASCA #GlobalAfrica 3rd seminar, Dr. Seyram Avle (UMass Amherst) & Dr. Wei Wang’s (UvA) talks explored the complex Afro-Sino technological entanglements, urging a critical reassessment of dominant tech narratives & their implications for global futures #ERC China Africa Fashion Power

📢 Upcoming ASCA Global Africa Seminar @ Rm0.16, BG1, Univ of Amsterdam. Join us on 20 June | 15:00 – 16:30 CEST. Speakers: Dr. Andrea Pollio (Turin) & Dr. Maria Repnikova (GSU). Moderated by Dr. Carwyn Morris Zoom link: lnkd.in/e8B_uKpA Details: chinaafricafashionpower.org/event-details/…

A special thank you to all the wonderful speakers and attendees of our Global Africa seminar events both offline and online this semester. Have a great summer everyone and see you all again in the next! #GlobalAfrica #UvA #ERC

Our member, Dr. Tommy Tse’s recent publication on “limbo wardrobes”.