"I greet you, ancient Ocean!” You preserve on your crests the muffled boat of our births, your abysses are our very unconscious, plowed with fleeting memories.

-Édouard Glissant

The bogolan* originally comes from Mali. It is made of vegetable dye and is highly symbolic among the Bambara. Traditionally used in animist societies for its protective capacities, its value has been gradually transformed since the colonial era...