# Is African fashion redefining global style? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/focus-on-africa-160336/is-african-fashion-redefining-global-style Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/focus-on-africa-160336/is-african-fashion-redefining-global-style.md Podcast: [Focus on Africa](https://stenobird.com/podcast/focus-on-africa-160336) Published: 2026-05-15T15:35:00+00:00 Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nlhkk3 Audio file: http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0nlhj2k.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/focus-on-africa-160336/episodes/is-african-fashion-redefining-global-style Duration seconds: 1379 ## Resource Africa’s booming fashion industry took centre stage at the 2026 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, where bold African designs dominated online conversations and red-carpet highlights. Host Nkechi Ogbonna speaks with Ghanaian fashion icon Nana Akua Addo and Nigerian designer Mohammed Abbas about the rise of African luxury fashion, the stories behind their headline-making looks, and how African creativity is redefining global style. Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Fana Negash, Basma El Atti and Godwin Asediba Technical Producer: Herbert Masua Senior Producer: Carolyne Kiambo Jotham Editors: Priya Sippy and Maryam Abdalla ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/focus-on-africa-160336/episodes/is-african-fashion-redefining-global-style/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/focus-on-africa-160336/is-african-fashion-redefining-global-style.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.