The Principal Award for ‘The Art of African Fashion’ went to the fashion designer Alphadi from Niger, Oumou Sy from Senegal and Tetteh Adzedu from Ghana. An additional thirteen Prince Claus Awards were presented. The 1998 Prince Claus Awards speech was delivered by Carlos Fuentes from Mexico.
Alphadi, based in Niamey, Niger, designs couture with an international appeal. He takes ancient textile techniques and forms and combines them with new elements. read more
Oumou Sy is another designer seeking to create the infrastructure so far lacking in African fashion. read more
Tetteh Adzedu’s work is concerned with the preservation and reappraisal of African clothing traditions and the adaptation of these traditions to create contemporary fashion. read more
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (1954, Tehran, Iran) was one of the first women to make films after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. read more
The work of artist Heri Dono (1960, Jakarta, Indonesia) includes drawings, paintings, installations and performances. read more
Ticio Escobar (1947, Asunción, Paraguay) is a leading figure in the contemporary cultural debate in Latin America. read more
Jyotindra Jain (1943, Indore, India) is a brilliant scholar and an innovater in the field of museology. read more
Jean-Baptiste Kiéthéga (1947, Yako, Burkina Faso) is one of the first generation of West African archaeologists. read more
The painter David Koloane (1938, Alexandria Township, Johannesburg, South Africa) has an important voice both in the South African art world and in South African society. read more
Baaba Maal (1953, Podor, Senegal) is an inspiring musician who has a great influence on the development of music in Senegal. read more
Carlos Monsiváis (1930, Mexico City) is esteemed and feared as the cultural conscience of Mexico. read more
Redza Piyadasa (1939, Kuantan, Malaysia) devotes himself both to the practice and to the theory of art. read more
Rogelio Salmona (1929, Bogotá, Colombia) is an architect and a classic representative of Latin American modernism. read more
Kumar Shahani (1940, India) makes films of great integrity. His cinema is complex, demanding, uncompromising and avant-garde. read more
Tian Zhuang Zhuang (1952, PR China) is a courageous film director. read more
Nazek Saba Yared (1928, Jerusalem, now based in Beirut, Lebanon) is an academic, literary critic, essayist, novelist and human rights activist. read more
