Jamburi Wear founder and designer Kimathi was raised in 1980s Nairobi, Kenya. He credits his Mum for piquing his sense of style, Leaders from elsewhere across cultures and disciplines also count as inspirations Fashion designers Ralph Lauren and Nigo (Bathing Ape), visual artist Yinka Shinobare, business maverick Richard Bronson and perhaps most profoundly, Nigerian afro beat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti. “Fela, to me was a style icon,” muses Kimathi, “and he is probably our biggest icon. He was Africa cool before it was even cool to be African.”