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African Heritage × Material Culture × Fashion History
Did you know the women of the Sahara wear indigo so deeply dyed it stains their skin blue, and that in their society, it is the men who cover their faces? "The indigo doesn't just colour the cloth, it colours the skin. That is how you know the dye has done its work. That is how a people became known as the blue men of the Sahara." Hal Schneider 2001-2021, Timia Niger The Tuareg are a Berber-speaking people of North and West African nomads of the Sahara and Sahel, and for cent

Christine Mukakasa
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