RBG African Running Sneakers

Designed to capture the spirit of Marcus Garvey, the Nagast African running sneakers were inspired by him. In the 1910s, Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) a group dedicated to Garvey's dream of a proud and self-reliant Africa. The organization was influential in the Harlem Renaissance and countless Black business innovations.

Nagast Footwear, a Black Owned Sneaker Company, launched in 2015 to honor the legacy of our Black leaders and celebrate African history. Our shoes are collector's items that captures a moment in time when CEO, Tarik Edmonson became a part of our history.

“My inspiration came back in 2014, I saw all of the other big sneaker companies, and thought that a sneaker product featuring the red, black and green would make an impact,” Tarik explains.

Default sizing you see is of male's size. If you're female, the rule is to order a "minus 2" size. For example, if your female size is 8 then you must order a size 6 shoes.