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11 de ago. de 2021 · An estimated 40 per cent are of such poor quality they are deemed worthless on arrival and end up dumped in landfill. As global clothing consumption skyrockets, fed by ruthless "fast fashion" brands, it's creating an environmental catastrophe. The clothes arrive long before dawn, when the city has yet to stir.
11 de nov. de 2021 · Best Countries. News. Home. How Fast Fashion Dumps Into the Global South. The U.S. far outpaces other countries in sending used clothing to Africa and Asia – with adverse environmental...
The first selection (top quality) makes up an average of 18% of the bale, whereas third selection (heavily worn) makes up 46%. Fourth selection is trash which consists of (intentionally) slashed garments, partial garments and items with stains all over them – garments that never should have been exported to Ghana.
9 de mar. de 2023 · In Ghana, these are known as obroni wawu or “dead white man’s clothes”. “Most of this will probably end up in a landfill by the end of the day,” Agbofah says.
Dead White Man’s Clothes is a multimedia research project exploring the secondhand clothing trade in the context of Accra, Ghana. This project is coordinated by The OR Foundation, a USA-based non-profit co-founded by us - Liz Ricketts and Branson Skinner. We have been working in Ghana since 2011 and 2009 respectively.
In Accra, Ghana, imported second-hand clothing—or “dead white man’s clothes”—represents a massive industry with complex environmental, social, and economic implications.
4 de ago. de 2020 · Decolonising Fashion: How An Influx Of ‘Dead White Man’s Clothes’ Is Affecting Ghana. 04/08/2020 | by Jo Lorenz. “White supremacy is terrorism. Too much clothing. Not enough culture. Too often a consumer. So rarely a human. It is time to recover. You are invited.”
