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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. African wax prints - Wikipedia

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   The colours comply with local preferences of the customers. Typically, clothing for celebrations is made from this fabric. Wax prints are a type of nonverbal communication among African women, and thereby carry their messages out into the world. [citation needed] Some wax prints are named after personalities, cities, buildings, sayings, or ...

4. Yoruba clothing - Wikipedia

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   Yoruba women's clothing is also an impactful part of the Nigerian culture and the African culture. The clothing showcases the diversity, beauty, and richness of Yoruba people and by extension the African continent and its people. The clothing also inspires and influences other forms of art and expression, such as music, dance, literature, and ...

5. Kanga (garment) - Wikipedia

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   The kanga (in some areas known as leso) is a colourful fabric similar to kitenge, but lighter, worn by women and occasionally by men throughout the African Great Lakes region. It is a piece of printed cotton fabric , about 1.5 m by 1 m, often with a border along all four sides (called pindo in Swahili), and a central part ( mji ) which differs ...

6. Dashiki - Wikipedia

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   The now trademark dashiki design was born from the "Angelina print", a wax print pattern by Dutch designer Toon van de Mannaker for Netherlands-based Vlisco, whose designs are "inspired by Africa". [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The exact inspiration for the Angelina print pattern was traditional silk embroidered tunics worn by Ethiopian women.

7. Adire (textile art) - Wikipedia

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   Stack of Adire Yoruba women wearing adire clothing on movie set. Adire textile is a type of dyed cloth from south west Nigeria traditionally made by Yoruba women, using a variety of resist-dyeing techniques. [1] [2] The word 'Adire' originally derives from the Yoruba words 'adi' which means to tie and 're' meaning to dye. [3]