00:00We're here at Fashion Week, backstage at Arise.
00:29Why is it important for Africa to have a presence in the world like this?
00:36Because the world is incomplete without Africa.
00:39Africa's time has come.
00:41What you're seeing tonight is the beginning of the building blocks of the new African century.
00:47So, Stacey McKenzie, why is Arise just such a phenomenal show?
01:03I would say the reason why Arise is a phenomenal show is that it hasn't conformed like the other shows in a way where they're limited in terms of black models when it comes to representing black models.
01:14Not because it's because of African background, but really they incorporate all different types of models.
01:21And there is a lot of black models and I'm just happy to see that.
01:23Something new and something exciting is coming out of Africa.
01:39Hi, you're with Chanel Iman and you're watching Essence TV.
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