Why Ghana’s Parliament swapped suits for smocks

On Thursday morning, the usual sea of dark Western suits and silk ties in the Ghanaian Parliament was replaced by a vibrant, rhythmic display of hand-woven stripes and flared cotton.

In a rare “fashion sit-in,” Members of Parliament from across the political divide arrived for their session wearing the traditional Northern smock, the fugu.

This wasn’t a scheduled cultural holiday. It was a calculated, unified response to a social…