Until a few years ago, the textile industry in africa was pretty stable. Or at least until the liberalization of the market opened the door for cheaper competition from asia. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were lost, mostly in south africa, nigeria, kenya and in ghana. There, nine out of 10 textile workers lost their jobs, leaving only 3,000 today. Product piracy is adding to the woes of ghanas fabric producers. They are proud of their unique designs and traditional techniques. But just as for the big fashion brands like adidas or chanel, while consumers like their style, they increasingly shy away from the cost. Reporter makola market in the ghanaian capital accra is a paradise if you love color. There are gaudy fabrics with new patterns, but traditional wax prints with ageold designs are the most popular. Here cloth is bought the way readymade clothes are in europe. Customer when i am going for a special occasion or some occasions that i need to wear something with a name, i come to b
Textile industry in africa was pretty stable. Or at least until the liberalization of the market opened the door for cheaper competition from asia. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were lost, mostly in south africa, nigeria, kenya and in ghana. There, nine out of 10 textile workers lost their jobs, leaving only 3,000 today. Product piracy is adding to the woes of ghanas fabric producers. They are proud of their unique designs and traditional techniques. But just as for the big fashion brands like adidas or chanel while consumers like their style, they increasingly shy away from the cost. Reporter makola market in the ghanaian capital accra is a paradise if you love color. There are gaudy fabrics with new patterns, but traditional wax prints with ageold designs are the most popular. Here cloth is bought the way readymade clothes are in europe. Customer when i am going for a special occasion or some occasions that i need to wear something with a name, i come to buy the ones with names. And
Great. Are you ready . Welcome to the first ever fox nation Patriot Awards. Please welcome your host for the evening, pete heggseth. Hello, fox nation my goodness. God bless america. Hello, my follow patriots. Welcome. To say that here. Yes. Welcome to the very first fox nation Patriot Awards. [applause] my name is pete hegseth and ill be your host the next hour. I just walked the red carpet where they normally ask who are you wearing. They didnt ask that but im going to tell them who im wearing anyway. [cheers applause] im telling you, this awards show will be unlike anything youve ever seen. We couldnt be more exciting to bring it to you live from the beautiful mahopy theater here in st. Petersburg, florida. Wow they call it st. Pete, right . St. Pete. A nickname nobody has ever given me ever. Now, heres the deal. Hollywood has their awards show, right . Selfimportant they got a lot of them. Selfimportant petetypes giving other awards to other selfimportant types. Big trophies given