In Ivory Coast, the weaving of loincloths used by the Baoule people is an age-old skill that requires years of apprenticeship. But today few young people are learning the techniques it takes to make ...
The Accra street vendor looks at me, bemused. I’m trying to establish how the rather flimsy 30g bag of roasted cashew nuts she’s selling, beside a sweltering highway in Ghana’s capital, costs me the ...