Zanzibar: Sauti Za Busara Music Festival

Bugles, horn hats, & grass skirts at festival parade.


Umbrellas in the sun!


Painted faces


Schoolboy swag in white shirts and pin-on black ties. It's like the Blues Brothers of Stone Town. (This picture was not posed)


Blue

On the Swahili Coast... Marek in kikoy

As my first ever dressupnation post, this image I took in Lamu of Marek combining a Swahili 'skirt' with a Lacoste polo and his usual European swagger epitomizes what I want this blog to be - a showcase of style that is quirky, effortless, ironic, personal, ecclectic, and best of all, made in Africa.