The V&A Museum and African Heritage: A Guide
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The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London holds one of the world's most important collections of African textiles, art, and design. This is a guide to the V&A's African heritage collection, and how Afropop Socks fits into it.
The V&A's African Collection
The V&A holds over 70,000 objects from Africa, including extraordinary examples of Kente cloth, Adinkra symbols, Maasai beadwork, and Ankara fabric. These objects represent thousands of years of African cultural achievement.
Afropop Socks at the V&A
Afropop Socks is stocked in the V&A gift shop because our designs celebrate the same African heritage that the museum's collection represents. Our Kente cloth, Adinkra symbol, and Maasai warrior designs are wearable versions of the cultural traditions that the V&A preserves.
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About the Author
Isaac Prempeh is the founder of Afropop Socks, a British-Ghanaian designer and entrepreneur based in London. He founded Afropop Socks in 2019 to celebrate authentic African cultural heritage through bold wearable design. Afropop Socks is now stocked at the Smithsonian NMAAHC, Tate Modern, V&A Museum, Natural History Museum, Barbican Centre, Selfridges, and MoMA New York.