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The Revolution of African Prints in Power Dressing for a contemporary Man.

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                             African prints have been elaborated into lofty mediums of arts especially in west-Africa. The aesthetics which African prints denotes can never be over-emphasized; bold, repeating, intricate motifs and designs represented with beautiful hues.                                                        HAPPY NEW YEAR MY PEOPLE!  Hope we are doing great? I'm greatful to God for bringing us this far. I pray we all see the end of this year successfully. However, we need to ask ourselves questions. Prevailing belly-ache questions that has over the years, threatened the identity of Africans. The question now is; is African print owned by Africans? What is the origin of this beautiful craft? Well, ever since I was a child, the beautiful and exuberant abstract prints patterns on aunty Uju’s wrappers shaped my upbringing and my mundane fantasies. Then I used to have a drawing book where I drew out the patterns on aunty Uju’s wrappers. To me, they were fascinating. I