Vogue \"Africa\"

After the launch of Vogue Africa in April this year with the creative direction from renowned super model, Naomi Campbell, the world welcomed the new publication into the Vogue family. The covers, adorned by immaculate and artful bwlack bodies, exhibited black beauty on a global scale. Though the introduction of Vogue Africa is a step in the right direction, no doubt, this titling displayed the popular misconception of the African continent as solely such: a single, homogenous, and monolithic continent. Like Vogue Germany, Vogue Japan, Vogue Italy, this series inspired by the historic publication highlights the many cultures, countries, and peoples on the continent of Africa. Each cover imitation displays a student with heritage from one of the many African countries and peoples accompanied by the country’s name and/or their ethnic group of origin. This is an attempt to enter the beautiful, diverse African continent into the fashion country club membership that is Vogue and Conde Nast.

Photos by Ryan Wimsatt

Eritrea

Leya Elias

Egypt

Mirna El-khalily

Rwanda

Bibiche Keza

Sudan

Eilaf Osman

Nigeria

John Okhiulu

Morocco

Karim Aloul

Nigeria

Ademi Adeniji