Fresh off the boat

In this episode, we link clothing and identity. What does what we wear say about who we are? We use Andrew Brooke's "Clothing Poverty" as a jump off point to follow the highly complicated routes that second-hand clothes follow to reach Gazaland Plaza's informal market in Uganda. What does these trade routes say about capitalism and global power structures? More importantly, how do these global economies impact local Ugandan lives? From a personal perspective, and in conversation with Sharif Kalanzi, a second-hand clothing vendor in Gazaland, we question what dignity lies in second-hand clothes; The indignity of wearing someone's old cast offs? Or the joy of wearing luxury at an accessible cost? And what does it say about in light go these global politics?