Existing comment:
Ally.
The fashion for Pan-African solidarity endures.
Sotiba, a textile manufacturer in Dakar, Senegal, made several versions -- some with gold, some without -- of this fancy cloth with a photographic engraving of American activist Malcolm X. It has been suggested that this version may have been intended for the foreign market because its gold turns black when worn in Senegal's hot, humid climate. Moreover, cloth is often bought to save -- like an insurance policy or a long-term savings certificate -- rather than to be cut up and worn. Due to the light sensitivity of fabric, the selections in this case will be rotated with works depicting further African independence leaders approximately every six months. |