Africa Fashion Festival New Zealand
By Pinaman Owusu
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Africa Fashion Festival New Zealand
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Africa Fashion Festival New Zealand is an annual festival that celebrates Africa’s vibrant and diverse culture and incredible creativity in New Zealand (NZ).
Africa Fashion Festival NZ is set to promote, educate and highlight Africa's creative industry by giving participants one of a kind experience and a different perspective of the continent of Africa. An important focus of this event is the promotion of top and emerging African designers and artists and empowering first and second generation Africans in New Zealand to connect with, embrace and proudly share their culture.
A key differentiator of Africa Fashion Festival NZ is that, it is an ethical initiative with a development focus - think “fashion for development!”
By supporting this initiative you will help advance three great causes:
- a mentoring programme for young African women in New Zealand to empower them to be more engaged in the community
- a 3-month internship for a talented African fashion design graduate to intern with of the Africa Fashion Festival NZ participating designers in New Zealand and/or Africa
- the launch of our book club initiative with schools in the participating designers home country.
I am asking you to please support us to raise funds to pre-launch Africa Fashion Festival NZ in May 2014.
Budget for pre-launch function in May 2014
Our target is to raise $5,000 towards the pre-launch function to get sponsor on board for the major event in October 2014. The money we raise will help cover the cost of pre-launch venue rental, marketing and promotion, and website-associated expenses.
Africa Fashion Festival Project team
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Pinaman Owusu, Founder - I have a strong interest in public policy, philanthropy and fashion. In 2011, I launched a social enterprise organisation ADJOAA which offers an avenue that combines all three passions to give emerging African designers and artists a platform to showcase their talent to give them a foothold in the creative industry.
- I believe fashion, music and dance are great art forms that enrich our experiences and challenge our deep-seated assumptions. I hope Africa Fashion Festival NZ provides an outlet for all New Zealanders to experience the cultural richness and incredible artistic talent from the diverse and vibrant continent of Africa.
- Kieran Stowers, Creative Director - Kieran Stowers is an award-winning Graphic Designer from Wellington, New Zealand. Kieran recently completed his Masters in Design from Massey University College of Creative Arts, where he works as tutor in Visual Communication Design and as Designer at OpenLab, and in-house studio within the University working with industry partners. See more of his work at kieranstowers.co.nz
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Michele Marius, Advisor and Lead Cheerleader - my background in is telecoms and ICT, but I am experienced in managing people, resources and projects. Having lived in a few countries around the world, including New Zealand (where I met Pinaman), I have an appreciation of the immigrants experience, i.e. loss of connectedness to one's home country that inevitably occurs, and tends to be even more evident among first and second generation descendants.
- With regard to Africa, although we might be aware that it comprises a number of countries, many of us, and especially first and second generation African in New Zealand, have had limited exposure to the diverse heritage, ethnicities and cultures that is Africa. In some small way, the Africa Fashion Festival New Zealand is hoping to change that, and I am thrilled to be a part of it.
Qutoe from guest designer, Sophie Zinga (Senegal)
''This year I have been approached by many fashion weeks around the world to participate but I have turned down all because I am focusing more on my brand and less on co-branding with other fashion week and entities. Your project seems very promising and I would love to be part of it.''
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LET THE COUNT DOWN BEGIN!
23/03/2014 at 12:14 AM
Less than a week to go! How exciting is this? I can’t believe it been almost four weeks already? We are so close to reaching our target I can even smell!
In exactly 6 days our pre-launch campaign would have ended and you'll be receiving a message of some sort from me.
We haven’t far to go to raise the shortfall to take this baby home so please keep asking your beautiful and handsome friends and family members to support me. Get me to the finish line for this leg of the raceJ
Did I say how freaking fabulous you all are? If you didn’t know, now you know (I can hear a song coming onJ - Norman Hutchins).
Now get me over the finish line.
Have a glorious weekend with you and your:)!
Bless,
X
NEARLY THERE!
20/03/2014 at 9:09 PM
Somebody pinch me! I am over the moon with how far we've come with the pledges. A BIG THANK YOU to everyone for your donation. I am sincerely blown away by your generosity. I have had a lot of good shocks to the system just from keeping up with progress of the campaign.
I must say I have loved every one of them (i.e. good shocks) so keep them coming! Or at least ask your friends and families to support so that this goodness continues :).
Apologies for being a bit slack with updates on pledge me. I have been focusing more on the facebook end and spicing things up with the odd stalking of colleagues at work to try and get them to Pledge Me :)! Believe me it has worked fabulously!
In other news, I have been working tirelessly to woo other major sponsors. It is by no means an easy feat. I’ll keep you posted on our progress on that front.
Stay bless!
Pinaman
Half-way there! AMAZEBALLS!
07/03/2014 at 8:35 PM
OMG! 22 days to go! I am absolutely in awe of your generosity gals and guys! Did I say you guys ROCK! YOu're are all so freaking Fabulous! Your support has been phenomenal!
Thank you so much everyone. Knowing you believe in the vision of this project and are willingness to financially assist me has lightened the load! The stress level is gradually coming down! Phew!
The learning continues! Now I know if you're ever wanting to crowdfund, you must be willing to live your life online and ''stalk'' people:). Bear with me cause the texting and tagging only stops when we reach our goal:). Just kidding!
Yay! We're having a fundraiser tomorrow at Afrika restaturant (18 Cambridge Tce @ 7.45pm) so please join us with you and yours. It's $35pp for an entree, a main and a complimentary drink courtesy of Glengarry. Icing on the cake, our in-house DJ will be playing authentic African music so get your dancing shoes on and come PARRRTY!
If we dont see you tomorrow, have a great weekend and don't forget to tell your friends and families to support us.
Until next time.
Pinaman
Yay! 25% towards our target
04/03/2014 at 12:40 AM
WoW! Did I say how awesome you guys are? Thank you so much for your contribution to date and your support! Your encouragment and excitment about the project keeps us going.
Please dont forget to tell people in your network about our campaign and do ask them to pledge as well:). Help us reach our target!
On Saturday, 8th March we have a fundraising dinner at the Afrika Restaurant (18 Cambridge Tce, Wellington), courtesy of my brother Barika and his beautiful family. You guys ROCK!
For $35 you enjoy a selection of mouthering African entree, main and a complimentary drink. Come enjoy soulfood whilst supporting a worthy cause.
See you all in your numbers.
Cheers
Pinaman
INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT!
25/02/2014 at 11:15 PM
Hello friends, families, pledgers and fellowers,
What a crazy but fun 10 days it's been! We've been racing against time to generate support for our project on thunderclap. Thanks to you, we can now proudly say we have 100,000 strong Africa Fashion Festival network or more befittingly thunderous supporter for Africa Fashion Festival. Your support has been nothing short of amazing.
A big thank you to everyone who took the time to endorse our project. This is a significant achievement for which we are really proud of. Of course we couldn't have achieved this goal without your support so thank you. All in all, it's been a great expeience and we've enjoyed every bit of it because we love and believe in this marvellous project.
Now more than ever, we need your help to turn this strong support into $$$ to help us pre-launch Africa Fashion Festival in May 2014. Help us get to our target by sending the link to Africa Fashion Festival on pledgeme @ www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/1839 to everyone in your network and ask them to pledge towards this great initiative.
NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL so please do encourage them to donate. We are counting on your generosity to help make this project a reality.
Thanks to everyone who has made a pledge so far. We are closer to our target because of you. We value the donation and support.
Have a great week!
Cheers,
Pinaman, Kieran and Michele.
MASSIVE THANK U!
20/02/2014 at 10:12 PM
What a fantastic group of friends! Totally overwhelmed with gratitude. Thanks to you we've reached our goal o thunderclap for numbers of endorsement. Our project is reaching nearly 80,000 people world wide.
We value your support both financially and emotionally. All the greats words of encourage keeps us going. Great to know that we have such incredible support network. PLease keep supporting us and do encourage your friends to pledge to make this great initiative come to life.
Have a blessed evening and stay connected.
Africa Fashion Festival Team.X
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Africa Fashion Festival New Zealand
Project 2014-02-12 15:36:43 +1300
Africa Fashion Festival New Zealand is an annual festival that celebrates Africa’s vibrant and diverse culture and incredible creativity in New Zealand (NZ).
Africa Fashion Festival NZ is set to promote, educate and highlight Africa's creative industry by giving participants one of a kind experience and a different perspective of the continent of Africa. An important focus of this event is the promotion of top and emerging African designers and artists and empowering first and second generation Africans in New Zealand to connect with, embrace and proudly share their culture.
A key differentiator of Africa Fashion Festival NZ is that, it is an ethical initiative with a development focus - think “fashion for development!”
By supporting this initiative you will help advance three great causes:
- a mentoring programme for young African women in New Zealand to empower them to be more engaged in the community
- a 3-month internship for a talented African fashion design graduate to intern with of the Africa Fashion Festival NZ participating designers in New Zealand and/or Africa
- the launch of our book club initiative with schools in the participating designers home country.
I am asking you to please support us to raise funds to pre-launch Africa Fashion Festival NZ in May 2014.
Budget for pre-launch function in May 2014
Our target is to raise $5,000 towards the pre-launch function to get sponsor on board for the major event in October 2014. The money we raise will help cover the cost of pre-launch venue rental, marketing and promotion, and website-associated expenses.
Africa Fashion Festival Project team
-
Pinaman Owusu, Founder - I have a strong interest in public policy, philanthropy and fashion. In 2011, I launched a social enterprise organisation ADJOAA which offers an avenue that combines all three passions to give emerging African designers and artists a platform to showcase their talent to give them a foothold in the creative industry.
- I believe fashion, music and dance are great art forms that enrich our experiences and challenge our deep-seated assumptions. I hope Africa Fashion Festival NZ provides an outlet for all New Zealanders to experience the cultural richness and incredible artistic talent from the diverse and vibrant continent of Africa.
- Kieran Stowers, Creative Director - Kieran Stowers is an award-winning Graphic Designer from Wellington, New Zealand. Kieran recently completed his Masters in Design from Massey University College of Creative Arts, where he works as tutor in Visual Communication Design and as Designer at OpenLab, and in-house studio within the University working with industry partners. See more of his work at kieranstowers.co.nz
-
Michele Marius, Advisor and Lead Cheerleader - my background in is telecoms and ICT, but I am experienced in managing people, resources and projects. Having lived in a few countries around the world, including New Zealand (where I met Pinaman), I have an appreciation of the immigrants experience, i.e. loss of connectedness to one's home country that inevitably occurs, and tends to be even more evident among first and second generation descendants.
- With regard to Africa, although we might be aware that it comprises a number of countries, many of us, and especially first and second generation African in New Zealand, have had limited exposure to the diverse heritage, ethnicities and cultures that is Africa. In some small way, the Africa Fashion Festival New Zealand is hoping to change that, and I am thrilled to be a part of it.
Qutoe from guest designer, Sophie Zinga (Senegal)
''This year I have been approached by many fashion weeks around the world to participate but I have turned down all because I am focusing more on my brand and less on co-branding with other fashion week and entities. Your project seems very promising and I would love to be part of it.''
Comments
LET THE COUNT DOWN BEGIN!
23/03/2014 at 12:14 AM
Less than a week to go! How exciting is this? I can’t believe it been almost four weeks already? We are so close to reaching our target I can even smell!
In exactly 6 days our pre-launch campaign would have ended and you'll be receiving a message of some sort from me.
We haven’t far to go to raise the shortfall to take this baby home so please keep asking your beautiful and handsome friends and family members to support me. Get me to the finish line for this leg of the raceJ
Did I say how freaking fabulous you all are? If you didn’t know, now you know (I can hear a song coming onJ - Norman Hutchins).
Now get me over the finish line.
Have a glorious weekend with you and your:)!
Bless,
X
NEARLY THERE!
20/03/2014 at 9:09 PM
Somebody pinch me! I am over the moon with how far we've come with the pledges. A BIG THANK YOU to everyone for your donation. I am sincerely blown away by your generosity. I have had a lot of good shocks to the system just from keeping up with progress of the campaign.
I must say I have loved every one of them (i.e. good shocks) so keep them coming! Or at least ask your friends and families to support so that this goodness continues :).
Apologies for being a bit slack with updates on pledge me. I have been focusing more on the facebook end and spicing things up with the odd stalking of colleagues at work to try and get them to Pledge Me :)! Believe me it has worked fabulously!
In other news, I have been working tirelessly to woo other major sponsors. It is by no means an easy feat. I’ll keep you posted on our progress on that front.
Stay bless!
Pinaman
Half-way there! AMAZEBALLS!
07/03/2014 at 8:35 PM
OMG! 22 days to go! I am absolutely in awe of your generosity gals and guys! Did I say you guys ROCK! YOu're are all so freaking Fabulous! Your support has been phenomenal!
Thank you so much everyone. Knowing you believe in the vision of this project and are willingness to financially assist me has lightened the load! The stress level is gradually coming down! Phew!
The learning continues! Now I know if you're ever wanting to crowdfund, you must be willing to live your life online and ''stalk'' people:). Bear with me cause the texting and tagging only stops when we reach our goal:). Just kidding!
Yay! We're having a fundraiser tomorrow at Afrika restaturant (18 Cambridge Tce @ 7.45pm) so please join us with you and yours. It's $35pp for an entree, a main and a complimentary drink courtesy of Glengarry. Icing on the cake, our in-house DJ will be playing authentic African music so get your dancing shoes on and come PARRRTY!
If we dont see you tomorrow, have a great weekend and don't forget to tell your friends and families to support us.
Until next time.
Pinaman
Yay! 25% towards our target
04/03/2014 at 12:40 AM
WoW! Did I say how awesome you guys are? Thank you so much for your contribution to date and your support! Your encouragment and excitment about the project keeps us going.
Please dont forget to tell people in your network about our campaign and do ask them to pledge as well:). Help us reach our target!
On Saturday, 8th March we have a fundraising dinner at the Afrika Restaurant (18 Cambridge Tce, Wellington), courtesy of my brother Barika and his beautiful family. You guys ROCK!
For $35 you enjoy a selection of mouthering African entree, main and a complimentary drink. Come enjoy soulfood whilst supporting a worthy cause.
See you all in your numbers.
Cheers
Pinaman
INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT!
25/02/2014 at 11:15 PM
Hello friends, families, pledgers and fellowers,
What a crazy but fun 10 days it's been! We've been racing against time to generate support for our project on thunderclap. Thanks to you, we can now proudly say we have 100,000 strong Africa Fashion Festival network or more befittingly thunderous supporter for Africa Fashion Festival. Your support has been nothing short of amazing.
A big thank you to everyone who took the time to endorse our project. This is a significant achievement for which we are really proud of. Of course we couldn't have achieved this goal without your support so thank you. All in all, it's been a great expeience and we've enjoyed every bit of it because we love and believe in this marvellous project.
Now more than ever, we need your help to turn this strong support into $$$ to help us pre-launch Africa Fashion Festival in May 2014. Help us get to our target by sending the link to Africa Fashion Festival on pledgeme @ www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/1839 to everyone in your network and ask them to pledge towards this great initiative.
NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL so please do encourage them to donate. We are counting on your generosity to help make this project a reality.
Thanks to everyone who has made a pledge so far. We are closer to our target because of you. We value the donation and support.
Have a great week!
Cheers,
Pinaman, Kieran and Michele.
MASSIVE THANK U!
20/02/2014 at 10:12 PM
What a fantastic group of friends! Totally overwhelmed with gratitude. Thanks to you we've reached our goal o thunderclap for numbers of endorsement. Our project is reaching nearly 80,000 people world wide.
We value your support both financially and emotionally. All the greats words of encourage keeps us going. Great to know that we have such incredible support network. PLease keep supporting us and do encourage your friends to pledge to make this great initiative come to life.
Have a blessed evening and stay connected.
Africa Fashion Festival Team.X
29/03/2014 at 5:07pm
29/03/2014 at 10:40am
28/03/2014 at 7:27pm
28/03/2014 at 4:03pm
28/03/2014 at 3:53pm
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27/03/2014 at 9:09am
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26/03/2014 at 5:05pm
26/03/2014 at 11:00am
25/03/2014 at 9:39pm
25/03/2014 at 9:08pm
25/03/2014 at 12:05pm
25/03/2014 at 9:49am
25/03/2014 at 5:27am
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22/03/2014 at 11:17pm
20/03/2014 at 10:00pm
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18/03/2014 at 11:47pm
18/03/2014 at 8:59pm
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17/03/2014 at 1:23pm
14/03/2014 at 1:17pm
13/03/2014 at 12:34pm
13/03/2014 at 9:46am
11/03/2014 at 9:48pm
11/03/2014 at 5:08pm
11/03/2014 at 9:24am
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