Patterns in Circulation

Patterns in Circulation

Cloth, Gender, and Materiality in West Africa

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Wax cloth is the vibrantly colored and intricately patterned fabric known globally as a quintessential symbol of West African identity, but its origins tell a complex story of colonial appropriation and international trade.

The cloth originated as a Dutch.

First published
2017
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Language
English

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