Bag Lady of Kampala

After a full day of hunting around Marie was able to get two full bags of fabric cutoffs. NOTE the parking job of the car behine her.


From: Africa » Uganda » Central Region » Kampala

Ugandan  Flag Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,0... [read more]
Blog: Marie Shops for Fabric
Date: February 10th 2006

Cloth shopping in KAMPALA, UGANDA

Although you can readily see people wearing non-Western type fabrics, they are quite difficult to find to buy. The women typically buy 6 yard pieces that are cut into a big, muu muu type dress with fancy intricate sleeves or they have a blouse made and wrap the rest around, not quite a sari, nor a sarong, but uniquely Ugandan. Sometimes, some of the clo ... read more







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