Walking behind ramp at Dakar Fashion Week

Moments from behind the stage at the Dakar Fashion Week (Photo: AP)

A models ties her sandals after the finale of Dakar Fashion Week (AP Photo/Finbarr O'Reilly)

Models remove their wigs after the finale of Dakar Fashion Week (AP Photo/Finbarr O'Reilly)

Senegalese youth watch a runway show during Dakar Fashion Week in the capital's Niari Tali neighborhood (AP Photo/Finbarr O'Reilly)

Models sit backstage during Dakar Fashion Week (AP Photo/Finbarr O'Reilly)

A models waits backstage during Dakar Fashion Week (AP Photo/Finbarr O'Reilly)

A models eats a sandwich backstage during Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital, Friday June 30, 2017. The continent's fashion scene has grown steadily over the past two decades with Sub-Saharan Africa's apparel and footwear market now worth $31 billion, according to data by Euromonitor. (AP Photo/Finbarr O'Reilly)

Designer Oumar Dicko (R) of Mali and Belgium, laces up a model in one of his creations backstage during Dakar Fashion Week (AP Photo/Finbarr O'Reilly)

A dress hands on a clothes rack at the end of Dakar Fashion Week in the Senegalese capital (AP Photo/Finbarr O'Reilly)