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Moko Ni - meaning “somebody” in Ga - spotlights the value of Ghana’s “no-collar” workers, which includes market women, hawkers and others. Though they form the majority of the country’s workforce, they are often undervalued. This project reimagines them as professionals of equal status to white-collar workers. Research trips and interviews at Makola Market informed my print choices and garment construction. Merging utility and volume through pleats and repeats, the collection reflects the intensity of the marketplace. It challenges societal norms by presenting informal labourers as high-class professionals. Moko Ni is a personal, political, and cultural tribute to visibility, dignity, and the power of the informal economy.