5 centuries in business: Nigeria's ancient dye pits
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A little indigo, a handful of ash and time. The dye pits in Nigeria’s ancient northern city of Kano are said to be the last ones of their kind after five
A little indigo, a handful of ash and time, the dye pits in Nigeria’s ancient northern city of Kano are said to be the last ones of their kind after five
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Photos: Indigo and ash mark Nigeria's five centuries-old dye pits
This is where tie dye was invented in Nigeria I had no idea that
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Why Nigeria's historic dye pits in Kano risk closure
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5 centuries in business: Nigeria's ancient dye pits
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Why Nigeria's historic dye pits in Kano risk closure
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Indigo, ash and time mark Nigeria's centuries-old dye pits
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