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SENEGAL FASHIONS

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Boubou

• traditional division of labour in Senegal saw women responsible for household tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and childcare.
• However in traditional societies, women of the nobility used to be influent in the political scenes. That's partly due to the fact that matrilineage was the means for prince to be kings (particularly in Wolof kingdoms).c
• boubous is cotton damask, called basin in the francophone West African countries.
• After the fabric is dyed, the tailor creates the embroidery design with a small sewing machine, either electric or pedal driven. Traditionally, the embroidery was white or beige, but in the 1970s, tailors in Dakar, Senegal, introduced colored embroidery, and in the early 2000s they vie with each other to create intricate, multicolored designs in vibrant hues for women.
• Men continue to wear white or beige embroidery, or else use threads the same color as the damask, often dyed deep purple or green.