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boubou, bubu [ˈbuːbuː] n (Clothing & Fashion) a long flowing garment worn by men and women in Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and some other parts of Africa [a native name in Mali] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Dressed in his native Senegalese boubou, the 51-year-old human rights lawyer and former Foreign Minister declared to the exhausted delegates, assembled late on the last night of the Conference: "Here, I think, we can claim success". The image he himself cultivated during his presidency, and which appears in official portraits and on Malian currency of the period, always shows him wearing a Malian kaftan, or boubou. The first chapter, "Boubous from West Africa," is a comprehensive introduction to historical boubou forms and embroidery traditions. |
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