Mandela's tailor on mission to boost African fashion | Life
Saturday, 05 Jun 2021 11:34 PM MYT Dyers dye cotton fabric at Pathe’O house in the popular district of Treichville in Abidjan. — AFP pic Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. YAMOUSSOUKRO, June 5 — Ivorian-Burkinabe tailor Pathe’O can look back on a 50-year career that has seen him rise from self-taught improviser to supplier of Africa’s wealthy and powerful, including anti-apartheid torchbearer Nelson Mandela. As well as South Africa’s first black president, his richly coloured shirts have graced the backs of Moroccan King Mohamed VI...
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