A quiet little town on the banks of the Niger River, Segou is known as the capital of mud cloth. Textile designer Boubacar Doumbia built his workshop there 16 years ago, named it Ndomo - which means "the quest for knowledge" in local Bambara language, and welcomed young people who had no opportunity to receive formal education into his collective.
A quiet little town on the banks of the Niger River, Segou is known as the capital of mud cloth. Textile designer Boubacar Doumbia built his workshop there 16 years ago, named it Ndomo - which means "the quest for knowledge" in local Bambara language, and welcomed young people who had no opportunity to receive formal education into his collective.
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Injiri means "real India". Started by textile designer Chinar Farooqui in 2009,
the label Injiri expresses her appreciation for the traditional Indian textile techniques.
Farooqui designs each item side by side with weavers on their wooden hand-looms,
making textile design the most significant design feature of her products.
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