We discuss how nature comes together in communion to create fabrics with designs. Specifically, looking at the bōgōlanfini, a traditional Mandinga dying technique of cotton. Its iconic patterns that hold cultural significance, sometimes black, are made using a mélange of clay and gum arabic tree or bagana, in Bambana (Acacia nilotica). Other plants, such as: ngalama (Anogeissu leiocarpus) and npeku (Lannea microcarpa) join to make the process possible.

This episode features two prominent Malian stewards, Boubacar Doumbia (founder of Ndomo) and Nene Thiam Dagnoko (co-founder of le groupe bogolan KASOBANE). They played a role in preserving the value of the technique both within Mali and beyond its borders.

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