Who is Alice Casely-Hayford?
Daughter of Joe Casely-Hayford, and sister of Charlie, who design an eponymous men’s collection presented during London Fashion Week Men’s, Alice’s fashion credentials are concrete. Alice’s father, Joe Casely-Hayford OBE has a career which reflects the progress of menswear.
Where did Casely Hayford go to school?
Casely Hayford attended Wesley Boys’ High School (now known as Mfantsipim) in Cape Coast, and Fourah Bay College in Freetown, Sierra Leone. While in Freetown, Casely Hayford became an avid follower of Edward Wilmot Blyden, the foremost pan-African figure at the time, who edited Negro, the first explicitly pan-African journal in West Africa.
Who is Ekra Hayford?
Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford, MBE (29 September 1866 – 11 August 1930), also known as Ekra-Agyeman, was a prominent Fante Gold Coast journalist, editor, author, lawyer, educator, and politician who supported pan-African nationalism. His 1911 novel Ethiopia Unbound is one of the earliest novels published in English by an African.
Where did the name Casely Hayford originate?
Casely was one of Joseph’s middle names; he adopted Casely Hayford as a non-hyphenated double surname. His brothers were Ernest James Hayford, a doctor, and the Reverend Mark Hayford, a minister.