Guineans have made an art form of boubous, garments which they slip over their heads and wear over matching pants. |
The catalogue includes information on the contributors, a bibliography, and a list of the seventeen lomasa boubous and the twenty-three mandingo boubous in museum collections. |
Back in Dakar, though, off came the boubous and on came the Nikes. |
In more traditional settings, people wear boubous, loose-fitting cotton tunics with large openings under the arms. |
Bird lovers will enjoy the barbets, boubous, chatterers, weavers and brightly-attired purple grenadiers who are resident here. |
Both men's and women's boubous are open at the side, both for style and to allow air circulation in hot and humid climates. |