Linda Valkeman

Linda Valkeman (she/her) is an artistic and operational think-tank with a background in fashion design, textiles and education. As a ‘Material Teller’ she explores how clothing mediates and travels between conceptual worlds in diverse cultural, geographic and temporal contexts.

Based in Ghana, Linda works as a design educator at The Or Foundation, a non profit organisation operating at the intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development. The emphasis of her work is to catalyse a Justice-led Circular Economy in Accra, home to Kantamanto Market, the largest second hand clothing market in the world.