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what is pepe? mitumba in haiti

Posted: May 20th, 2008 | Author: kamau | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off

Excerpt from “Secondhand (Pepe)” a documentary by Hanna Rose Shell & Vanessa Bertozzi which explores the meaning of the word “pepe” that is given to secondhand clothing worn by working class/poor Haitians. [insert similarities to Kenyan mitumba here].

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