Mud cloth is a centuries-old, hand-dyed textile art that originated in West Africa with the women of Mali’s Bamana culture. Mud cloth also is known as as “Bogolanfini.” In the Bambara language, Bogolanfini is made up of three words: Bogo, meaning “earth” or “mud,” lan, which means “with,” and fini, which translates to “cloth,” which is how the fabric gets… Continue reading Mudcloth from Mali
Month: January 2020
The Camels Return🐪🐪🐪
New Year celebration cake It had to be done, a piece of New Year Gateaux, and the planning for our return to Dorset begins. Sitting on the roof-top terrace with Ollie the resident tortoise at Riad Remmy, the discussion started of who could take what home and what we would have to post. Our office… Continue reading The Camels Return🐪🐪🐪