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Bogolan, Shaping Culture Through Cloth in Contemporary Mali

Bogolan, Shaping Culture Through Cloth in Contemporary Mali
Victoria Rovine
ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2008 •  PAPER  • 178 PAGES

An illustrated survey of bogolan, bogolanfini (or mudcloth) textiles, both traditional and contemporary. The making of mudcloth (as it is usually known in the United States) has experienced a revitalization in Mali in the last decades. With chapters on the rural roots, tourist and fine art markets, culture and fashion. Rovine is a curator of African Art at the University of Iowa.  (WAF62, $24.95)





 
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