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Osman Yousefzada journeys to post-colonial Bangladesh to meet the workers who make our clothes.
Garment workers in Bangladesh | Source: Getty Images
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  • Osman Yousefzada

Before my journey, a thousand visions of Dhaka had come to my mind: the collapse of Rana Plaza, when the world woke up for a while, saw the real human cost of our clothes, and

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