By Chris Wright
Puma held a bit of a bash at the Design Museum in London last night to formally unveil their latest nine creations for next January’s African Cup of Nations – there were originally supposed to be ten on display, though Algeria’s kit was omitted after they failed to qualify for the competition.
Anyway, the new strips have all been co-designed by artists from each respective country, presumably in a bid to offer Africa’s artistic talent a bit of a platform and to avoid the bland one-design-for-all dilemma that has been prevalent at the last few tournaments.
There’s a good old-fashioned dousing of your traditional African fare (lions/’ethnic’ motifs, etc) but done with a damn-sight more panache than the last few waves of African kits…
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Togo's Serge Akakpo, Burkina Faso's Jonathan Pitroipa, Senegal's Khader Mangane, South Africa's Stephen Pienaar, Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o, Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure, Ghana's Asamoah Gyan, Gabon's Didier Ovono and Namibia's Bradley Wermann model the PUMA African Football Kits at the Design Museum, London [Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire]
Some smashers in there, though we’ve got a hankering for Namibia’s. Any favourites Pies fans?