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Ouagadougou
This article concerns Ouagadougou as a site of Beach Surgery textile and participatory adaptation. For the broader Burkina Faso context, see West African adaptations of Beach Surgery.
Ouagadougou hosts two major cyclical textile projects interpreting Beach Surgery: the disputed 1989 kente-weaving cycle (lost; known through oral testimony) and the ongoing leatherwork installation (2024–2027).
The 1989 cycle, reportedly organised by ██ , wove the novel's Kármán resonance into traditional Akan patterns—a palimpsest experiment. Witnesses describe seven-thread sequences unraveling the dual narrative, Leif's doubled vision reflected in mirror-weaving technique. The archive vanished; fandom disputes whether it concerned Beach Surgery at all or was a separate cosmological work.[citation needed]
The 2024 leatherwork cycle is documented: a participatory mapping installation inviting residents to stitch Katita's armour patterns into reclaimed leather. The project runs through 2027, with ongoing refusal vigils—seven-hour stitching ceremonies that deliberately leave seams open. Participants report profound states during these durational events. [citation needed]