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Go get your knickers -- made in Africa
Burkina Faso’s French knicker-makers
By Alex Duval Smith Ouagadougou
Burkinabe tailor Oscar Dao raises the presser foot of his sewing machine, severs the white thread and carefully slides out a pair of dainty, pink lady's underpants.
"It is a real pleasure making such beautiful items, of such high quality," the burly 36-year-old enthuses.
At his treadle machine, on the terrace of the Copromof workshop in the capital of Burkina Faso, Mr Dao is at the forefront of an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny revolution.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28055138
By Alex Duval Smith Ouagadougou
Burkinabe tailor Oscar Dao raises the presser foot of his sewing machine, severs the white thread and carefully slides out a pair of dainty, pink lady's underpants.
"It is a real pleasure making such beautiful items, of such high quality," the burly 36-year-old enthuses.
At his treadle machine, on the terrace of the Copromof workshop in the capital of Burkina Faso, Mr Dao is at the forefront of an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny revolution.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28055138
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