Walk through Balogun Market on any weekday and you will see the evidence. Rolls of ankara, brocade, lace, chiffon, and polyester satin stacked ceiling-high in stalls stretching hundreds of metres in every direction. A significant portion of that fabric did not start its journey in any Nigerian warehouse. It came off a ship at Apapa or Tin Can Island, cleared customs at the port, and landed in the hands of traders who understand one thing very we…
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