Ghana’s masquerade and fancy dress traditions remain among the nation’s most powerful cultural expressions, combining colour, discipline, music, and symbolism. For generations, masquerade festivals in ...

Activist and model Adwoa Aboah revealed the third part of her photo project with Burberry shot by Juergen Teller and this time it's more personal than ever. In a touching Instagram post, the British ...

Introduction to Fancy Dress Carnival -- Retracing the Steps: The History of Fancy Dress -- Local Beliefs and Practices within Fancy Dress -- Inclusivity and Exclusivity: Membership and Aesthetics -- ...

The National Federation of Masqueraders and Fancy Dress of Ghana has unveiled plans to launch a nationwide carnival initiative designed to transform the country's vibrant masquerade tradition into a ...

When the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, steps onto the parade ground on ceremonial occasions, he is not merely a man in uniform; he is a repository of symbols a living ...

From a special issue of Fashion theory entitled Fashion and Orientalism, edited by Nirmal Puwar and Nandi Bhatia.