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Liberian Girl: Barbie gets a twist by Miss Coco
“Spread out over two small black wicker coffee tables is the studio where Taylor makes traditional African clothes for the Barbies out of lapa fabric. Lapa is a brightly colored and patterned cloth commonly sold in markets and by tailors everywhere in West Africa. Across the continent in East Africa, similar cloth is called kitenge. [...]
Analog Blogger
Wow, this really blew me away – so simple, yet powerful (and voluntary). Contrary to the stereotypical images of Africans you seen daily in the news – this is yet another story of the ingeneous minds wanting to empower others. Watching this video made me think of a t-shirt that a friend and fellow blogger [...]