"A History of Yere Wolof" is an exhibition project that looks at the history "yere wolof," a very popular type of clothing in Senegal which has come to be a token of a shared identity, although its origins are very unclear. 

The project, which is both research and practice based, aims at constructing an oral and visual history of yere wolof, gathering stories from people who witnessed the birth of style and phrase, while calling for the input of designers and artists to create a digital archive of clothing items that illustrate said history. A history which is directly linked to the development of the senegalese nation and its national identity. Senegal is a quite newly independent country whose construction of a common identity was manufactured by its first governments to fix the problems that the chaotic division of African land had created. Excavating one will lead to talk about the other. 

Format: exhibition 

Media: Video, Fashion design

Content:
- series of short films tracing this history through interviews, archival photos of clothes and people from the early 20th century to now
- setting up of clothes representative of the history of the style. The clothes will either be from a list of a list of active designers, or from family archives and private donations.

Designers to be exhibited : Bull Doff, Selly Raby Kane, Mwami, Collé Ardo Sow, Oumou Sy, So Fatoo

Timeline:
-July to September:  research and interviewing
-October to December: videomaking
-TBD: exhibition