This Ghanese Akan language expression encapsulates the fast fashion’s dark side. It refers to the used clothes coming from Western nations and cheaply sold in African markets. What we consume has a huge impact on our lives, on the planet, on millions of people working in the garments industry in miserable conditions. Every year, more than 150 billion new clothes reach the market, and once discarded they pollute the environment, as the beaches of Ghana, the deserts of Chile, or which we literally eat as microplastics. And on top of all, a scandalous plundering of human beings.
