Sources: Article, “Dead White Man’s Clothes”

1 Kantamanto Market is one of the largest secondhand clothing markets in the world

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpIMFker8Mg

2 Kantamanto Market hosts over 30,000 vendors

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantamanto_Market#Market_structure

3 Approximately 15,000,000 garments pass through Kantamanto Market weekly

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/fast-fashion-turning-parts-ghana-into-toxic-landfill/100358702
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpIMFker8Mg

4 The Journey

• https://deadwhitemansclothes.org/intro
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpIMFker8Mg
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/fast-fashion-turning-parts-ghana-into-toxic-landfill/100358702
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB3kuuBPVys

5 The average number of garments per clothing bale is 200

• https://deadwhitemansclothes.org/kevin

6 Containers of clothing cost up to $95,000

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/fast-fashion-turning-parts-ghana-into-toxic-landfill/100358702

7 Ships with imported clothing arrive at Tema Harbour every week

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpIMFker8Mg

8 Porters known as kayayei transport bales of clothing

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpIMFker8Mg
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB3kuuBPVys

9 Clothing bales are sorted into three or four selections by market vendors

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10 Criteria for sorting

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11 The fourth selection is called asei, or trash

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12 The imported clothing is called Obroni Wawu

• https://deadwhitemansclothes.org/intro
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/fast-fashion-turning-parts-ghana-into-toxic-landfill/100358702

13 Info about Dead White Man’s Clothes

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