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Sierra Leone's Country Cloth Is Not Gara: The Woven Archive Behind Mende Textile Design
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Sierra Leone’s Country Cloth Is Not Gara: The Woven Archive Behind Mende Textile Design

  • Philip Sifon
  • August 26, 2026
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The Dinka Alual Was Never a Bead-Count Code: What Women's Corsets Could and Could Not Signal
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The Dinka Alual Was Never a Bead-Count Code: What Women’s Corsets Could and Could Not Signal

  • Philip Sifon
  • August 25, 2026
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The Iria Wardrobe Is a Social Record: How Kalabari Dress Makes Womanhood Visible
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The Iria Wardrobe Is a Social Record: How Kalabari Dress Makes Womanhood Visible

  • Philip Sifon
  • August 25, 2026
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The Diablo Cojuelo Is Not One Costume: Dominican Carnival's Local Mask Traditions and Diaspora Afterlives
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The Diablo Cojuelo Is Not One Costume: Dominican Carnival’s Local Mask Traditions and Diaspora Afterlives

  • Philip Sifon
  • August 25, 2026
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The Politics of the White Handkerchief: Congo-Brazzaville's Sapeur Etiquette Beyond the Suit
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The Politics of the White Handkerchief: Congo-Brazzaville’s Sapeur Etiquette Beyond the Suit

  • Adams Moses
  • August 24, 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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The Shiromani as National Dress: Comorian Wedding Attire and the Politics of Oceanic Identity
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The Shiromani as National Dress: Comorian Wedding Attire and the Politics of Oceanic Identity

  • Fathia Olasupo
  • August 24, 2026
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The Uniform of Liberation: Samora Machel's Field Dress and Mozambique's Memory of War
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The Uniform of Liberation: Samora Machel’s Field Dress and Mozambique’s Memory of War

  • Ayomidoyin Olufemi
  • August 24, 2026
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African Textile Glossary: 20 Terms Fashion Keeps Getting Wrong
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African Textile Glossary: 20 Terms Fashion Keeps Getting Wrong

  • Peace Vera
  • August 24, 2026
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Aka Polyphonic Singing and Ritual Life in the Central African Republic
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Aka Polyphonic Singing and Ritual Life in the Central African Republic

  • Fathia Olasupo
  • August 21, 2026
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