Hannatu Musa Musawa, Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy poses during an interview at the Nigeria fashion Week 2026 at Soul Lounge Resort in Abuja, on October 2, 2026. Nigerian models donned outfits of seemingly impossible amounts of fabric folded and molded into massive silhouettes, or overlapping in shingled, feather-like patterns. The colourful, detailed textiles evoked Carnival -- both Nigeria's own, in the southeastern city of Calabar, or that of Rio de Janeiro fame -- but were in fact splashing down a runway in Abuja, better known for being the sleepy seat of government than for avant-guard couture. Nigeria Fashion Week, which wraps Sunday, decamped from Lagos this year, trading the mega-city of more than 20 million -- the nation's economic and artistic mecca -- for the centrally planned administrative centre, which nonetheless has developed its own, smaller creative scene. (Photo by Light Oriye Tamunotonye / AFP via Getty Images)