For sale -- cheap: 'Dead white men's clothing'
In Africa, the West's castoff clothes are de rigueur, not demeaning.
Nearly everyone has to buy used
LA Times, July 14, 2004
By Davan Maharaj, Times Staff Writer
Tossed off a flatbed truck, a 100-pound bale of used panties and bras,
worn socks, DKNY
NY Times, June 3, 2004
Trade Theory vs. Used Clothes in Africa
By CARTER DOUGHERTY
KAMPALA, Uganda - Today's globalized economy boasts few unrepentant
protectionists, but Eyasu Sirak does not deal in gentle euphemisms of
"fair trade" or "level playing fields." He wants his government to ban
imports
