Christine Mukakasa

"From Andersen's shears - the fairytale appears." Hans Christian Andersen, in his own words

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 centuries they have...

Queen Victoria promised to spread her blanket of protection over Lesotho. The Basotho took that blanket, and turned it into one of the most visually powerful textile traditions in the world. A gift from an empire. Claimed, transformed, and made entirely their own