Marcellina Akpojotor weaves past thumping sewing machines and into a storefront shop, leaving just as quickly as she arrived with a cement bag brimming with discarded fabric swatches. The colourful pieces, which would typically be burned or thrown into the lagoon as waste, find a second life as valuable art in Akpojotor's hands.

Cut from the same cloth, Nigerian waste fabric becomes art

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Cut from the same cloth, Nigerian waste fabric becomes art