Berber Bogolan African Collection our very first design

our very first design

Nineteen colors in total

Caravans regularly traveled across the Sahara

collectively telling the stories and traditions of a people

Blue has special meaning in the culture

Berber Bogolan African Collection our very first designCaravans regularly traveled across the Sahara, trading essential commodities like salt and grain. By 1,100 CE, Timbuktu in Mali transitioned from a semi nomadic settlement into a permanent, vital port on the deserts edge. Bogolanfini, or Mud cloth, originated in Mali around this same time. Bogolanfini combined weaving narrow strips of cloth, finimugu, sewing them together and using fermented mud to make patterns with meaningful symbols. Bordering Mali