A local artist paints on mud cloth in Segou Mali. Mud cloth is one of the best known African cloth traditions around the world. ?Bogolanfini? which translates as mud cloth is a long established traditon among the Bamana, a Mande speaking people who inhabit a large area to the east and north of Bamako, Mali, West Africa. The mud that is ultimately used in the process is collected from ponds a left to ferment in a covered pot for about a year, during which time it becomes black. This artist is working in Bamako.
A local artist paints on mud cloth in Segou Mali. Mud cloth is one of the best known African cloth traditions around the world. ?Bogolanfini? which translates as mud cloth is a long established traditon among the Bamana, a Mande speaking people who inhabit a large area to the east and north of Bamako, Mali, West Africa. The mud that is ultimately used in the process is collected from ponds a left to ferment in a covered pot for about a year, during which time it becomes black. This artist is working in Bamako.
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