from old fadama, accra's biggest slum, aisha iddrisu and her 18-month-old son sharif join the throngng in the second-hand clothes trade. ♪♪♪ linton: asare asamoah starts his day early too. he's a successful importer of used clothing. asare asamoah: i was following my brother whilst we're doing the business and, unfortunately, my brother pass away, so he hand everything to me. well, i always think about him, because he made me who i am. linton: today new bales arrive, and asare is checking on his order. female: nice, nice bale. big, big quality. linton: yeah, big bale with quality? female: quality. linton: hope you get a good one. female: thank you. yay. linton: these bales are being dispatched to almost every corner of accra's commercial heart, the sprawling kantamanto market. it's a bustling labyrinth where almost everything is for sale. ♪♪♪ linton: these markets are one of the biggest in west africa, if not the world, and they're a central hub for second-hand clothing. from here they get shipped all over africa. linton: for the past two decades the resale of western castoffs has bo