Continuing on from my
previous costume design for this character, here's the latest... Gave this one the name, '
Joseph'.
For this costume, I took influence from
Ancient Egyptian (Kemetic) plus a few traditional West Afrikan fashion
influences of royalty...
A very common misconception people have of Afrikan history is that
other than Egypt (for the few who are aware Egypt is in Afrika), nothing
else of equal or greater significance occurred... This couldn't be
further from the truth.
Afrika has always had a rich & ancient
history of powerful civilizations with great Kings & Queens. One
such figure was the West Afrikan Emperor,
Mansa Musa,
who was ruler of the Mali empire during the 13th century, & is
historically recorded as to have been the wealthiest man to have lived
at that time; & some say to this day... It is said that during his
well known pilgrimage to Mecca, when passing through Egypt, he gave out
so much gold that it literally threw off the Egyptian economy.
Here's a documentary on the West Afrikan
Empire of Mali.
-M-
