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2. Wrapper (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   However, in some parts of Ghana and the United States, some women wear black-and-white prints, or black and red. The kaftan is the most popular attire for women of African descent throughout the African diaspora. African and African-American women wear a wide variety of dresses, and skirt sets made out of formal fabrics as formal wear. However ...

3. Clothing in Africa - Wikipedia

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   Pre-apartheid fashion in South Africa depended heavily on European fashion import whereas post-apartheid fashion celebrated one's ethnicity through many South African designers bringing a touch of Africa to European style clothing. One noticeable example is Marianne Fassler who incorporated leopard-print with clothing in European style.

4. Dashiki - Wikipedia

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   The dashiki (/ d ə ˈ ʃ iː k i, d ɑː-/, də-SHEE-kee, dah-) [1] [2] is a colorful garment that covers the top half of the body, worn mostly in West Africa. [3] It has formal and informal versions and varies from simple draped clothing to fully tailored suits.

5. Boubou (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   The use of the boubou/babban-riga/Kulwu as clothing became widespread among West African Muslims with the migration of Kanuri, Hausa,Fulani and Dyula long-distance traders and Kanuri Islamic preachers in and around Muslim regions of West Africa in the 1400s and even more rapidly in less Islamized areas after the Fulani Jihads of the 19th ...

6. Yoruba clothing - Wikipedia

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   Yoruba women wear beads on their neck, wrists, ankles, waist and on their heads. Other common accessories Yoruba women use include Irukere, commonly called "horse tail" in English, Handfan called Abebe and Okin Arewa and A Clutch Purse. [8] Hairstyles: Yoruba Women's hairstyles can also be considered part of Yoruba clothing. Yoruba hairstyles ...

7. Category:African fashion - Wikipedia

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   This category describes modern African fashion. Traditional and historic African clothing should be categorised under African clothing. Subcategories.