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Bespoke Shoes from Cape Town to Hollywood with Diomande Mamadou
Situated on the Gulf of Guinea, on the southern coast of Côte d’Ivoire is the bustling hive of economic activity that is Abidjan. From the humble beginnings of a small fishing village, Abidjan grew to be a thriving city not least for being the terminus of the Abidjan-Niger Railway. Once the nation’s capital from Independence in 1960 to 1983, Abidjan, retained the status of both being the economic capital and largest city in Côte d’Ivoire.
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Diomande Mamadou is unapologetically in love with shoes. His vocation in life as a cobbler is one, he wears with pride, aplomb and faith in the…
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