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Textile Heritage of Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's textile heritage is inseparable from Faso Dan Fani — the hand-woven cotton cloth turned national symbol under Thomas Sankara's revolutionary government in the 1980s. Woven across Mossi, Bobo, Gourmantché, Marka, and Dagara communities, it remains both a traditional craft and a living emblem of economic self-sufficiency.

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Burkina Faso's textile heritage is inseparable from Faso Dan Fani — the hand-woven cotton cloth turned national symbol under Thomas Sankara's revolutionary government in the 1980s. Woven across Mossi, Bobo, Gourmantché, Marka, and Dagara communities, it remains both a traditional craft and a living emblem of economic self-sufficiency.

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