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The Guardian - UK
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Maeve Shearlaw and Guardian readers

Vintage Africa: readers share their style

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Reverend Emmanuel Benson Palmer: 'One of Freetown's best dressed. A chameleon of fashion equally comfortable in double denim as he is in a three piece suit.' Photograph: jodunlop/GuardianWitness
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Awal Yussif sporting a dress as a jacket: 'It was love at first sight. The very moment I saw it I knew this is something I could rock'. Photograph: Awal Yussif/GuardianWitness
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The soldier: 'We met in Mekele, northern Ethiopia ... he looked so stylish sat watching the world go by' . Photograph: Tim Tyson/GuardianWitness
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Franklin Saiyalel, AKA Kenyan Stylist: 'Kenya's leading male fashion blogger, at the Fashion High Tea 2014 in Nairobi ... he was selected as the best dressed male'. Photograph: Franklin Saiyalel/GuardianWitness
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A creative house in Ghana: 'Accra is becoming increasingly diverse. Makes you question what it means to be Ghanaian these days.' Photograph: VintageGh/GuardianWitness
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The lookbook: 'Accra's first ever Vintage store, The Gold Coast art house was opened last year by Singer Jojo Abot, here's a snap from the lookbook.' Photograph: Frances Quarcoopome/GuardianWitness
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vtaurius the traditional rebel: 'Breaking all the rules of fashion ... staying true to who I am.' Photograph: vtaurius/GuardianWitness
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Vintage Ghana: 'There's a growing sense of appreciation for a global sense of style ... Some call it an afropolitan movement. To us, it's just us, being us.' Photograph: VintageGh/GuardianWitness
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Kezieh: 'UK-Based African artist out and about at an African cultural show', Spitalfields market, London. Photograph: Valentine Uzo Naija/GuardianWitness
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Rows of fabric: 'Women in Tanzania and Kenya dress in these colourful, intricate and elegant khanga garments ... usually a piece of printed cotton fabric with patterned edges and then often a second design in the centre.' Photograph: scratchvideo/GuardianWitness
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Mombasa family style: 'Staking a claim on their African roots, feelin' groovy and rarin' to hit the beach'. Photograph: MzunguWaCanada/GuardianWitness
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Setting the trend: 'Ankara swag, Kenya'. Photograph: Stella Cherono Langat/GuardianWitness
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