Abstract
In the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, women wear traditional clothing made from manufactured fabric called pagne. Certain pagne designs or motifs are given names by women who in turn wear the cloth to communicate their standpoints on a range of issues. The naming and wearing of pagne embodies an indigenous form of communication that is uniquely African. Pagne tell stories that encode women's experiences. In this study, political pagne motifs are analyzed using feminist theory and intertextual analysis. The analysis reveals how women have adapted their communication practices to resist patriarchal influences inherited from a colonial past. Through the wearing of pagne, women use a medium of expression to surmount barriers to their active participation in public dialogue. Women's communication in the Cote d'Ivoire speaks to a changing political environment and highlights the tension between past marginalization and future empowerment.
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