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	Be a part of Migritude's journey. No contribution is too small - or too large. $2 buys coffee for a volunteer. $15 rents a rehearsal studio for an hour. $100 covers 2 hours of lighting / tech / set design. $500 helps fly Shailja to international festivals!! You can also make a tax-deductible donation by check. Please email shailja@shailja.com for details.		my blog Friday, April 06, 2007 the sari is next Kenyan activists are fighting to retain cultural designs that have been developed in East Africa but are being patented by companies in rich countries. After losing the kiondo basket trademark to Japan, the popular kikoi fabric design is currently at risk of being patented by a British company. Not long before a corporation files a patent for the sari. There's probably one already pending, for all I know. posted by shailja at 7:10 AM 0 Comments: Post a Comment Links to this post: <$BlogBacklinkTitle$> <$BlogBacklinkSnippet$> posted by <$BlogBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$> Create a Link << Home Previous Posts nuova salaria retreat scents full house last night touring in Italy pushes me A Fight Made of Words moonrise over the Arno River revelation to me What poetry brings to radical movements graffiti Puglia

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