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West African Dress as a Living Record: What Oral History Reveals About Cloth
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West African Dress as a Living Record: What Oral History Reveals About Cloth

  • Faith Olabode
  • August 14, 2026
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The Politics of Colour in African Dress
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The Politics of Colour in African Dress

  • Rex Clarke
  • August 5, 2026
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Suriname Maroon Dress Traditions: How Six Communities Encoded Freedom in Cloth
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Suriname Maroon Dress Traditions: How Six Communities Encoded Freedom in Cloth

  • Ayomidoyin Olufemi
  • August 3, 2026
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Somali Khidaab Traditions in Diaspora Celebrations
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Somali Khidaab Traditions in Diaspora Celebrations

  • Ayomidoyin Olufemi
  • July 28, 2026
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African Craft Economy: How Designers Are Rebuilding What Governments Abandoned
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African Craft Economy: How Designers Are Rebuilding What Governments Abandoned

  • Rex Clarke
  • July 17, 2026
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Eritrean Men's Traditional Dress: Kidan Habesha, Gabi, and Why the Habesha Label Misrepresents It
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Eritrean Men’s Traditional Dress: Kidan Habesha, Gabi, and Why the Habesha Label Misrepresents It

  • Philip Sifon
  • July 16, 2026
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Amazigh Women's Facial Tattoos: Siyala, Jedwel, and the Tradition Near Extinction
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Amazigh Women’s Facial Tattoos: Siyala, Jedwel, and the Tradition Near Extinction

  • Faith Olabode
  • July 14, 2026
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How the Somali Guntiino Survived a Minneapolis Winter
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How the Somali Guntiino Survived a Minneapolis Winter

  • Fathia Olasupo
  • July 13, 2026
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Nama Traditional Dress Namibia: The Victorian Adoption, the Genocide, and the Dress Nobody Photographs
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Nama Traditional Dress Namibia: The Victorian Adoption, the Genocide, and the Dress Nobody Photographs

  • Peace Vera
  • July 11, 2026
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Dressed by the Dead: The Ndau Dress Tradition Fashion Has No Language For
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Dressed by the Dead: The Ndau Dress Tradition Fashion Has No Language For

  • Rex Clarke
  • July 10, 2026
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