Cotton – Africa’s next cash cow?

Africa’s history with cotton is long, sometimes painful and yet full of potential, writes Toni Kan. Let us begin with the names by which cotton is known across the continent of Africa to help underline its significance and potential. In Hausa, it’s auduga. In Yoruba and Igbo, owu. In Akan/Twi, asaawa. In Swahili, pamba. In Amharic, t’it’i. In Zulu and Xhosa, ukotini or ikotini or ilaphu, depending on […] The post Cotton – Africa’s next cash cow? appeared first on New African Magazine.