Bogolan production is a meticulous process that involves weaving cotton into cloth and dyeing it with natural pigments from ...

There was a time when Malian musicians had to travel abroad to record, but Studio Bogolan changed that. Hidden away behind blue gates in Bamako, it has attracted all of the country's great stars, as ...

The fabric is thick and heavy, adorned with brown, black, ochre and white geometric shapes as well as ideograms. Recognisable to all, this fabric – dyed on woven cotton – is one of Mali’s most ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. This compilation of tracks recorded at Ali Farka Touré’s Studio Bogolan in Bamako is a perfect who’s who of the ...

Bògòlanfini is a textile traditionally made by Bamana people in Mali, on cloth woven by men, painted by women and worn during times of transition. Today there are many types of bogolan that use ...

Malian fabric producers are famed for their distinctive bogolan designs - the word means "made with earth" in the Bambara language. Since June these fabrics have been stamped with a logo confirming ...

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.

. In the Bamana language, the word translates as "prison is finished," meaning the freedom to rely on the culture of others and well as one's own culture, as a means of expression. "Bogolan" is a ...