I’ve passed this shop a few times on Newport Street and noticed artisans working. I was quite excited to see such a place. Today I stepped in on my way to Waterside. The handbags are beautiful. I mentioned a similar shop on Front Street from years ago until they told me they are the same! The landlord wanted the shop back so they had to vacate. They were away in Guinea until they re-located here.
The tall chap is Ibrahim. All these artisans are from Guinea, as are countless taxi / keke drivers, shop keepers, and tailors.
The bags range from US $ 50 to US $ 120.00.
Although it's not been raining, it was a cloudy overcast day. Waterside is dense and louder than usual because of all the mini loud speakers every seller has.
$ 250 LD
Love this shot
The clothes which wind up in Africa ...
I can't find an article on 'clothes dumping' in Liberia but it is in epic proportions in Ghana.
The EU has laws which ensure that producers are responsible for waste which is what dumping of fast fashion represents although only France applies that to textiles. Is this problem acute in Africa because clothes are not being made locally? In Liberia, there aren’t any textile factories and markets like Waterside fill this and almost every consumer needs.
What is the correlation between local production and import of cheap fast fashion?
Kavita looks serious but she got a couple of tops, a pair of leather slippers, a Snoopy pair of shorts and erasable pens.
Hand made leather slippers in a sea of imported plastic ones. Kavita got a pair for US $ 10.00
Beautiful country cloth
Guess what this is? Nigerian guava. No jokes on how much bigger they are than
the local ones. Sold single for 150 LD which is almost a US $1.
View of Waterside from the Bridge on the Randall Street intersection
Keke ride
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