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Cut from the same cloth, Nigerian waste fabric becomes art

Cut from the same cloth, Nigerian waste fabric becomes art

NNEKA CHILE MARCELLINA Akpojotor weaves past thumping sewing machines and leaves a Lagos shop with a bag brimming with discarded fabric. The colourful pieces, which would typically be burned or thrown into the Nigerian city's lagoon as waste, find a second life in the hands of the artist. Akpojotor, 31, creates portraits using discarded pieces of Ankara, a brightly coloured African fabric that is ubiquitous from the slums of Lagos to high-powered meetings in the capital, Abuja. She says the meaning of the cloth helped fuel her work. "I was so inspired by those materials," she said. "In this part…
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