Butan Adinkra – Brand Story
Adinkra is Ghanaian symbols that represent concepts and aphorisms usually seen on fabrics, logos and pottery. It has often been thought by the West that African languages are merely spoken…
Butan Spaza – Brand Story
Paying homage to the sign writing and illustrations found on spaza shops in and around South African townships, the Spaza range celebrates the incredible creativity that thrives despite hardship and…
Butan Pop Up Sale – Kalashnikovv Gallery, 29 – 30 Jan
With Covid doing it’s wave dance on us and we hardly get together, it was a great pleasure to see the #ButanFam out in full force. We hosted a Pop…
Butan Playlist with Slice Frederico
Slice Frederico’s #ButanPlaylist for the Butan Fam is stacked Since moving to Joburg Slice Frederico (@slice_frederico) has been about the music. The KZN born dj has toured South Africa extensively…
Azania Collection
Who doesn’t love a comic book story every now and then? Imagine a comic book with a superhero who is strictly African. Enters Azania! The Butan Azania capsule range was…
Butan Aluta Mask
2015 is the year the Butan Aluta Mask surfaced, adorned on a crewneck sweater and snapback cap. The mask has taken on an African identity while evolving over the years.…
#StepOutInButan
#ButanFam 34 Days of #SALockdown that we’ve gone through and we’re soon being eased into the outdoors. We’re safely stepping out this weekend, so we wonder what combo will you…
Butan Playlist with Rolo Rozay
“Cape Town street culture aficionado Rolo Rozay unleashes a 20 track playlist to the #ButanFam.” A lot of people know Rolo Rozay but can’t quite pin him down to a…
