Mud cloth might be trendy, but it’s anything but new. Mud cloth is a centuries-old, hand-dyed textile art that originated in West Africa with the women of Mali’s Bamana culture, according to the ...

From haute couture to throw pillows, mud cloth, or bogolanfini, is woven into nearly every aspect of contemporary life. But what is the origin of this elaborate dye-decorated cloth? Bamana Mud Cloth: ...

In Mali, master artist Boubacar Doumbia is passing on the ancient textile techniques used to produce Mali's iconic bogolan mud cloth to the next generation, thereby training young fabric designers.