your story you are trying always to understand this new culture. for you or another visitor another year you want to become a citizen. informer grins your platform for reliable information. this is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes reappropriate heritage made an up and coming kenyan designer who's using cues from cultures of cross africa as inspiration for her fashion. girls they had just the process of sky for creation across their stomachs. and the healing of the sky. was almost covered in 3rd rock through. before they were then less loosened. into the next stage. and

a neat pristine she's been lost in lagos for decades and it now turns out she's worth more bad a $1000000.00. africa i'm glad you tuned in more and more africans are proud be expressing their heritage through their appearance and the renewed awareness has created business for local fashion design is on the continent is the story off. and up and coming kenyan designer who is on her part to break into the international fashion market with elements of tradition young and fresh designs and most definitely in style i'll be talking to her in a moment. for as long as katyusha can remember she's been fascinated by textiles

when she was only 8 years old she knew she wanted to be a designer and created her 1st look from the evening dress her mother wore on the day she was married. it was the prettiest thing i'd ever seen and i thought even no one twit so i took it out of the cupboard soaked it up stapled it together used masking tape anything i could find and made it fit me this is to say that i got into very big trouble. now in her early thirty's in a designer is making a name with her creativity and is about to take her latest collection to catwalks and international show rooms 1st up and for the 1st time in her life is paris fashion week. i know this opportunity doesn't come easy and it's not something that everyone gets so i'm like i hope i do a good enough job at the same time i'm excited i like my work must have said something to someone so it's kind of it's all those things all at the same

time it's so nice going out with a scary monster. it's been months of designing sewing through the night in creating prints now it's crunch time for could touche and 13. i think up too much to do to be. getting ready to make her own mark in the international fashion market a market in which there is a growing awareness because design trends that have simply copied fashion traditions patterns and a statics from africa. when i see cultural misappropriation in fashion it's pretty frustrating it's card to be that simple. who just. takes up exhibit it and feel no shame about the fact that he was basically ripped off somebody. but not all boring as misappropriation says katich for her referencing is crucial through true understanding fashion can become

a celebration of the communities in her current collection she wants to explore how transitioning into adulthood feels for her generation channeling inspiration from the community who live in northern kenya. i noticed. a few interesting practices mostly aesthetically with the girls they had a process of scarf occasion across their stomachs and the healing of these scars was almost covered in a rap group. before they were then lets loose and well into the next stage katich says her life and career are also at a transitional point her clothes will accompany her on that journey and along with them she'll also be carrying the mission to paris creating a different perspective opening creating awareness. so that's what i'm hoping for

awareness and sales. by is the catwalk and a chance to meet more young designers from around the world now that could touche has finally made it to paris she hopes it will be hard to break into the international fashion market. and such as it is now back home in nairobi and she's joining me now from our studio to she's good to see you so how was paris i. was really cool it was pretty exciting moment for me in my business and where reached 1st time showing in the showroom in paris during fashion week. we had quite a few buyers come in a few celebrities i think great feedbag all in all from all the people who came through and we're looking forward to hearing back from them excellent so i mean we've we've had a showcase of what some of you work in and i want to ask you what what goes into your creative process how do you come about your designs.

part of the process for like my creative sort of zany is influenced by my curiosity about who i am and where i come from so looking at traditional cultures and like that of let's say the messiah in kenya and then trying to for a from the aesthetics and the bead work that is typical of their community and trying to apply that in my day to day life in my clothing so either by creating incorporating print or techniques that are specific to them and. bring on what interest it into my contemporary clothing line so we're seeing more and more african designers like yourself make it onto the global stage if you will just talk to us about what the preconceived ideas are about what people think an african design is should be and perhaps how you are challenging that.

i think previously have received a bit of criticism of our work not necessarily being african enough and i've always wondered what that meant because it sort of states or claims that there's such a thing as african static that is very specific and. as a creative as a designer like to believe that you can't limits my creativity and therefore what i create speaks truth to who i am. and so i've been trying to take away from from the generalization of of my work as an african design and my work as basically me cuttle of a designer herself. and yeah i think that's basically what i've been able to do with my work creating interpretations that are specific or. just things that are personal basically and selling that through my work. i mean let's talk about

the fact that right now there is the increasing level of consciousness among africans not just on the continent but in the days for as well people really sort of reclaiming their heritage in how they dress and even how they we have a here for example the natural him movement if you will i wonder what that's meant for local designers like yourself. it's a pretty exciting period notices an increase in local consumers trying to buy and purchase my stuff and that of other brands in the country on the continent. and it's sort of like that i think as i mentioned earlier like they're also searching for that pride and identifying with the product that speaks true to who the where they're from similar experiences with. and yeah it's it's pretty it's an exciting period to sort of be in the creative sector i think. and we

will be watching. also known as thank you. on the story is in madagascar where most people have no access to electricity because they can't afford it or it's simply not available the world bank say's the country is 184th out of 190 countries in terms of access to power and as you're about to see it's not just about being able to flick a switch. this is where clear d.n.a. and her family have been living since her house burned down killed in last everything 6 months ago together with 20 other family is when a blaze swept through this neighborhood of the internet or in. the short circuit started at that house over there. because that house was made of dry wood when the pole caught fire. fire spread to our house

which was also made of wood. and all too common story in madagascar as capital where most burn outs are triggered by electrical faults. in this state on power company and its workers struggle to maintain the 100 year old friendly infrastructure even just replacing an electricity paulie's a rest site. is in dire financial straits and illegal power tapping is making the situation more dangerous. people connect whatever they want without permission and the transformers can't take the overload and insulation can only hold 3 amps for example and there are people doing well being using hair dryers and other high voltage devices cables in their homes can overheat and burn. itself but it's been accused of mismanagement for years it has sold the electricity

at a loss buying power from private suppliers at twice the prices it sells to consumers the result a colossal debt of $300000000.00 euros. being left in the dark stiff and came up with a solution solar panels. are used to buy electricity from. whenever we watch t.v. shows it would always cut out as soon as it got interesting never going to. since we've been using solar panels we can. all of our devices. like this and many could turn to solar energy a more reliable and greener source of power only one out of 10 people in my desk have access to electricity but all of but the great i live in this and science most of the time. now this gentleman you see behind me is ban anyone would nigeria's 20th century monster off modernism now he says he died in 1000 to 4 but

he's ought lives on and dimmed jest not everyone knows his name including a nigerian family who had one of his works hanging in their living room this is it and coincidentally the city is cold christi she stayed in the family home in lagos ever since she was painted in 1971 not until they googled been in one rule do they realize what a treasure they had and at some of these in london christine has just gone and of the hamill for a cole 1300000 euros. and that is it for now from these of us africa you can catch all story is on our website as face book page will be even i'll look you must feel nigeria's been in war starting with these altered often if a princess aspect became a nigerian national icon thanks to by by enjoying.

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