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Gr 7–12—This eye-opening documentary explores the global journey of the vast quantities of discarded clothing donated to charity shops in Britain and the United States. The personable narrator, Ade Adepitan, a British Paralympian basketball player, follows this voyage from the thrift shops of England to West Africa. More than 30,000 tons of used clothing, or obroni wawu (dead white man's clothes), makes its way to Ghana each year, resulting in a giant industry of sale and resale, from ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More