Decolonizing Fashion Curriculum with Frederica Brooksworth

Multidisciplinary Fashion Educator, EdD Scholar, Researcher, Strategist, Editor, Author and Founder/Executive Director of The Council for International African Fashion Education (CIAFE) - Frederica Brooksworth joins us to discuss her journey into fashion education. She explores the importance of decolonizing fashion education and the work she is doing through CIAFE to connect the diaspora globally.

Frederica Brooksworth

"Creating impactful solutions to future-proof the Global fashion industry and its people, through education, research and strategy."

Frederica Brooksworth is a British-Ghanaian Academic, Researcher, Strategist, Editor and Author. She is the Executive Director Fashion Education Group which subsidiaries are the Council for International African Fashion Education (CIAFE) and Profashional Development. Brooksworth is also the Director of IA Connect (Industrie Africa) and Regional Editor (Africa) for Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases.

Brooksworth has taught at numerous universities and is a lecturer at the London College of Fashion, British School of Fashion, Hult International Business School and Conde Nast College of Fashion and Design. She is a Board Member at BlueCrest University College.

Brooksworth is the author of ‘Fashion Marketing in Emerging Economies’ published by Palgrave Macmillan.

She is currently undertaking a Doctorate in Education with a focus on innovating the African Fashion Education system in order to close the knowledge and skills gap to create employability opportunities and contribute to economic growth. Brooksworth holds a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Marketing and a Master of Arts in Fashion Entrepreneurship and Innovation obtained from the London College of Fashion. In addition to this, Brooksworth has obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning. She also often undertakes Executive Education courses at Saïd Business School at Oxford University. Brooksworth is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

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