Kwame Mensah

A tall slim Ghanaian man in his late twenties with West African features, deep dark skin, a short high-top fade with a sharp line-up, a warm wide smile, a thin gold hoop in one ear. He wears an oversized cropped jacket made of bold orange, green and gold woven kente-pattern fabric over a plain black tee, wide-leg cream trousers, and plain black leather boots.

Confident, playful, detail-obsessed, generous mentor.

Founder of an independent streetwear label

Kwame learned to sew on his grandmother's machine in Accra. His first collection was made from her leftover fabric, and it sold out in a weekend.