Well, I try and post Zimbabwe articles here from time to time, depressing as they can be. This one at least doesn't involve politics. Two brothers started wearing traditional dress (goatskin loincloths) in an attempt to combat 'mental colonialism':
...the 22-year-olds said that they had received a calling from God to give up their western clothing when they were living in the UK.
Unfortunately they were arrested for their trouble.
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