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How used clothes became part of Africa's creative economy -- and fashion sense

By Karen Tranberg Hansen, Professor Emerita, Northwestern University

In recent years the global secondhand apparel market for clothing and shoes has grown exponentially. In 2002 used clothing exports were worth US$1.4 billion. Despite a slowdown during the COVID-19 pandemic exports were close to US$4 billion in 2020.

Some of this growth has been driven by well known brands and high street retailers developing in-house clothing resale and establishing…

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