The Fashion Industry Is Broken And Ghana Is Paying the Price with Yayra Agbofah
What does your wardrobe have to do with a beach in Ghana covered in discarded clothing?Yayra Agbofah grew up trading secondhand garments at Kantamanto Market in Accra — one of the largest secondhand clothing markets in Africa, where millions of garments arrive every single week. He saw firsthand what happens to the ones that don't sell: they end up in rivers, in landfills, on beaches. He also saw something else: extraordinary creativity. Tailors transforming discarded fabric. Traders extending the life of damaged clothes. Communities practicing circularity long before it became a…
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