The link-up with the Brooklyn Museum is the Lagos, Nigeria concept store’s first foray outside of Africa.
was being expanded to include lifestyle, music, community — things that were not in the first exhibition — and by the looks of it, we fit perfectly into that.”
“For me [Alára is] about taking that creativity, taking today’s world and looking at it and saying, ‘where do we fit and how do people see us?’ and understanding that, previously, the world didn’t see us in a certain way. And then it’s taking all the talent and the skill that I see and putting it on a pedestal and saying, ‘this is what we have.
Air Afrique, a Parisian collective of creatives resurfacing the name and aesthetic of a defunct West African airline, has created an exclusive T-shirt for the Alára museum shop. Nigerian skate culture hub Wafflesncream and New York-based jewelry brand Khiry have also created pieces for the shop. Drops will be relayed through marketing on both Alára and the Brooklyn Museum’s websites, as well as on social media channels.
Africa has brought — and continues to bring — a lot to the table, and Folawiyo wants more people to know about it.
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