R6144 Jóola Shirt

This man’s shirt is made from cotton ‘Jóola’ fabric, a traditional fabric produced in the small community of Jóola/Diola, in the Casamance area of southwestern Senegal. The name of the design is Ehondor elep yaa gakkil or ‘neck of elep with a line’ and this style of shirt is popular in Senegal. The garment was Read More …

R6129/12/1 Boubou and Skirt

This woman’s boubou style top and skirt outfit belonged to Saundra Lang, an African American collector and fashion enthusiast. Saundra collected fashion during her many trips to West Africa, and bought this outfit in Dakar, Senegal, a city that has become a global fashion capital. She recalls: ‘At the time, shorter boubous were in fashion Read More …