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Read the interview with @saveyourwardrobe about sustainable fashion in the Global South, the challenges it faces eg how practises such as recycling in the West negatively affects African countries.

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A famous quote by Miles Davis goes: It's not about

A famous quote by Miles Davis goes: It's not about standing still and being safe. If anyone wants to keep creating, they have to be about change. ⁠
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So here I am at the famous #PeterCollingwood studio learning to weave rugs. His son #JasonCollingwood has taught me well. Who knows where it will lead but for now, I've learnt something new. #dontfearchange⁠

Many thanks to @otobongnkanga and @sandrinehonlias

Many thanks to @otobongnkanga and @sandrinehonliasso for the invitation to the Iko podcast series with @aboubakafofana to speak about the fashion industry and sustainable mode of production. It was a delightful talk. ⁠
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Ikọ is a podcast conceived by artist Otobong Nkanga and curator Sandrine Honliasso in the framework of Nkanga’s ongoing work Carved to Flow, started in 2017 and acting as a support structure for initiatives engaged in nurturing social, cultural and economic life in distant and connected geographies. Ikọ seeks to expand approaches to contemporary cultural and artistic practices and to allow a plurality of voices to be heard. With @Kunstenfestivaldesarts⁠
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Do have a listen. www.ikoflow.com/episode-2
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How do you train your mind to think creatively? He

How do you train your mind to think creatively? Here's inspiration from #Igbo women from South Eastern Nigeria who painted ùlì (indigo dye) designs on clay walls. Despite taking a long time to create, ùlì washes off in the rainy season. While missionaries and colonial civil servants strove to collect permanent archives of ùlì in the forms of photographs and drawings, the artists appreciated the temporary nature of their art form, believing art resides in one's memory where it can be recalled and the meaning of the art, preserved. So as our galleries open again, let's take time to appreciate all we see and worry less about capturing the moment in cameras.

#Sustainability is a mindset. Clothing has shifted

#Sustainability is a mindset. Clothing has shifted solely to the fantasy world that we designers create. We need to retrain our minds to think of our clothing as also something that is connected to the earth as it once was. With this mindset, we would be more responsible with our choices.⁠
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We are inspired by Nigerian traditions. Here we show another way to wear our cotton scarf shirt inspired by the neck sash traditionally worn by #Ibo men. #regal⁠

Inspired by the #isiagu long shirts and the neck s

Inspired by the #isiagu long shirts and the neck sash worn by the Ibos, our scarf shirt reinterprets #Nigerian traditional attire for the modern man. Available also in black.

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