How Western Second-Hand Clothes Undermine African Textile Industry
Used clothing exports from the West to Africa are a remnant of colonial rule and are often labeled as support for the "poor." However, since the 1990s, the rise of fast fashion has turned this trade into a damaging force, increasing the dependence of local populations on these bales of ruin.
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