EPISODE · Jun 24, 2026 · 1H 28M
Episode 6: Sunny Dolat | The African Imaginary Podcast
from The African Imaginary Podcast · host Georgia Black, Khangi Khoza
In our sixth episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, guest Sunny Dolat and host Khangi Khoza talk about fashion, beauty, and why ‘a dress is never just a dress’ on the African continent. Sunny Dolat is one of Africa's leading fashion thinkers, working as a curator, stylist, creative director and production designer. Since co-founding Nairobi's NEST collective and publishing the pivotal book Not African Enough, he has produced exhibitions, films and performances worldwide. His documentary project Stories of Our Lives was internationally acclaimed for archiving Kenya's queer voices — despite being banned at home. He helped shape the V&A's landmark show Africa Fashion, and joined The Business of Fashion 500, Class of '23. So how does one of Africa's most compelling creative minds think about beauty, identity, and dress? Broadly, for a start. Sunny says, 'Everything I do is to expand our understanding of beauty and design, so people look further and harder to see the whole of the continent, not just the usual three or four places,' he says.
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In our sixth episode of The African Imaginary Podcast, guest Sunny Dolat and host Khangi Khoza talk about fashion, beauty, and why ‘a dress is never just a dress’ on the African continent. Sunny Dolat is one of Africa's leading fashion thinkers, working as a curator, stylist, creative director and production designer. Since co-founding Nairobi's NEST collective and publishing the pivotal book Not African Enough, he has produced exhibitions, films and performances worldwide. His documentary project Stories of Our Lives was internationally acclaimed for archiving Kenya's queer voices — despite being banned at home. He helped shape the V&A's landmark show Africa Fashion, and joined The Business of Fashion 500, Class of '23. So how does one of Africa's most compelling creative minds think about beauty, identity, and dress? Broadly, for a start. Sunny says, 'Everything I do is to expand our understanding of beauty and design, so people look further and harder to see the whole of the continent, not just the usual three or four places,' he says.
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