Madras Cloth Unites the World
In Bamako, Mali, every sidewalk was a runway. Women styled in bright-patterned pagnes and towering heels. The men, not to be outdone, strutted in embroidered tunics and distressed leather messenger bags. In the year I lived there, Malis capital could be many thingshectic and exhausting; gentle and generousdepending on the hour, the traffic, the rains.