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The identity of the black dandy
Ekow Eshun is the curator of 'Made You Look: Dandyism and Black Masculinity' - a photography exhibition exploring how black men have historically used fashion as a political statement, to subvert western stereotypes of black masculinity. He told Dan Damon how clothing and style can operate as a means of combatting racial discrimination.
(Picture: Samuel Fosso's 'Self Portrait from β70βs Lifestyleβ, 1973 β 1977' Courtesy: J.M. Patras / Deutsche Bank Art Collection)
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