Nadia Sabah

Nadia wears a West African boubou, a loose garment from Togo and Ghana. It is casual dress, for daily life and for relaxing at home, valued for its comfort and for the craft in it.

For Nadia it is one of the garments that feels most like her. As a child she watched her mother cook in a boubou, and that picture has stayed with her.

Togo is far away. When she wears clothing and jewelry from home, the distance closes and she feels closer to family and to the place that shaped her.

NADIA SABAH · BOUBOU, TOGO AND GHANA, WEST AFRICA · MINNESOTA · ARCHIVE NOTE, 2026