An exhibition about African fashion at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum will feature 250 objects telling the story of the continent through the work of its most prominent and influential designers, according to a report in The Guardian newspaper.

Africa Fashion opens on 11 June 2022 and will feature work from trailblazing designers such as Kofi Ansah from Ghana, Folashade “Shade” Thomas-Fahm and Alphadi from Nigeria, and Chris Seydou from Mali, who all helped to lay the groundwork for the current scene.

“It will tell a tale of unbounded creativity and abundance,” said Christine Checinska, curator of African and African diaspora fashion at the museum. “To me that’s very different to the stories we have heard around ‘lack’, when it comes to Africa.”