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Cameroonian textile maker, tailor and stylist Solange Nana in the small western Cameroonian town of Bafoussam, is using banana leaves to make clothing. By stripping, drying and then sewing the long leaves together. Solange Nana has created garments influenced by popular local styles.
The clothes stylist is beginning a tried and tested process. Stripping dried leaves from the banana tree, she's not planning to cook them, but make clothes from them which some use for cooking, others use them for medicinal purposes.
