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Faith Olabode

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São Toméan Dress Is Not Fusion: It Is a Creole Language of Layer, Labour and Memory
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São Toméan Dress Is Not Fusion: It Is a Creole Language of Layer, Labour and Memory

  • Faith Olabode
  • August 27, 2026
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Candombe drummers in coordinated shirts, vests, scarves, and hats playing drums during Montevideo Llamada.
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The Llamada Is a Wardrobe of Memory: How Candombe Dress Makes Afro-Uruguay Visible

  • Faith Olabode
  • August 27, 2026
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Gabon's Raffia Test: Can a Craft Material Become a Market Before Its Makers Are Left Behind?
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Gabon’s Raffia Test: Can a Craft Material Become a Market Before Its Makers Are Left Behind?

  • Faith Olabode
  • August 25, 2026
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Mashramani's Costume Economy: Design, Labour, and the Street
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The Mash as National Dress: Afro-Guyanese Wardrobe and the Politics of Republic Day Spectacle

  • Faith Olabode
  • August 24, 2026
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African Textile Reporting: 8 Editorial Shortcuts That Need Fact-Checking
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African Textile Reporting: 8 Editorial Shortcuts That Need Fact-Checking

  • Faith Olabode
  • August 21, 2026
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African Fashion Events in 2026: International Trade Visitors, Buyers and Data Gaps
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African Fashion Events in 2026: International Trade Visitors, Buyers and Data Gaps

  • Faith Olabode
  • August 20, 2026
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Madagascar Ravintsara and Centella: What Skincare Consumers Should Know
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Madagascar Ravintsara and Centella: What Skincare Consumers Should Know

  • Faith Olabode
  • August 20, 2026
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Uli: Igbo Women's Ephemeral Art of Body, Wall and Line
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Uli: Igbo Women’s Ephemeral Art of Body, Wall and Line

  • Faith Olabode
  • August 19, 2026
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Black Consciousness Made Dress Political: Steve Biko, the Afro Look and Apartheid South Africa
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Black Consciousness Made Dress Political: Steve Biko, the Afro Look and Apartheid South Africa

  • Faith Olabode
  • August 17, 2026
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Handloom Cloth, Wax Print and Côte d'Ivoire's Domestic Textile Market
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Handloom Cloth, Wax Print and Côte d’Ivoire’s Domestic Textile Market

  • Faith Olabode
  • August 14, 2026
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