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Fashion has reached it peak in Africa , and many African cities have been putting together fashion week-like events to celebrate African fashion and designers.These events give encouragement and opportunity to new talents in lesser-known enterprises and attempts to show the world the diversity, originality and richness of local African cultures.

My picks of Africa's top fashion cities are ; Johannesburg, Lagos, Dakar, Dar es Salaam and Abuja.

1.JOHANNESBURG , SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg is one of Africa's most popular city and its no wonder it made it to my list .It has more resources than most other Africa countries  to pull off such events.The showcase features the nation's best designers unveilling their creative forecast of the season's trends to a global audience of media, fashion buyers and fashion consumers.

Organizers of the SA fashion week state that it is their mission to take African fashion to the world.

2. LAGOS , NIGERIA

“Lagos International Fashion Week (LIFW) takes place in Lagos Nigeria and is being produced by Mahogany Productions & Glasgow Fashion Week. Lagos made it to my list because I know a lot of very talented and creative designers from Nigeria. Nigerians are taking over, the music business, modeling industry ,movie industry and now the fashion industry. Lagos fashion week should definitely be something to watch out for.

 More cities after the jump

A few days ago The Sartorialist featured this picture of designer Adeleke Sijuwade (first photo below). I remember falling in love with his style immediately after I saw this photo. First thing came to my mind was " sharp" .The whole look looks really well put together. Honestly I never knew who he was until I read all the comments and rushed over to his site and his Modelmayhem for more. Do you guys dig his style? By the way  he dresses like this all the time just check out his pictures.

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According to his website Adeleke Sijuwade is a Nigerian-born designer also known as “Leke”, a former model and the current creator of Adeleke the brand, collection and lifestyle, style and its spontaneity is the essence of his sole as a men and women’s wear fashion designer.  The self taught designer has amassed quite a fan base amongst entertainers, stylist, fashionistas and editors alike due to his intrinsic fashion sense. His vintage collection has been featured on musicians such as Common, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Nivea and the Dey. Continue Reading