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2. Kitenge - Wikipedia

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   A typical kitenge pattern. Customers and visitors at a display of African kitenge clothes. A kitenge or chitenge (pl. vitenge Swahili; zitenge in Tonga) is an East African, West African and Central African piece of fabric similar to a sarong, often worn by women and wrapped around the chest or waist, over the head as a headscarf, or as a baby sling.

3. Clothing in Africa - Wikipedia

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   African formal clothing has normalized western clothing conventions and styles. European influence is commonly found in African fashion as well. For example, Ugandan men have started to wear "full length trousers and long-sleeved shirts". On the other hand, women have started to adapt influences from "19th-century Victorian dress". These styles ...

4. Shweshwe - Wikipedia

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   Sotho woman wearing a brown shweshwe dress. Shweshwe (/ ˈ ʃ w ɛ ʃ w ɛ /) [1] is a printed dyed cotton fabric widely used for traditional Southern African clothing. [2] [3] Originally dyed indigo, the fabric is manufactured in a variety of colours and printing designs characterised by intricate geometric patterns.

5. African textiles - Wikipedia

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   Kuba Raffia cloth, made by the Kuba of present-day Democratic Republic of Congo Contemporary West African textile designs. African textiles are textiles from various locations across the African continent. Across Africa, there are many distinctive styles, techniques, dyeing methods, and decorative and functional purposes.

6. Kente cloth - Wikipedia

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   The designs and motifs in kente cloth are traditionally abstract, but some weavers also include words, numbers and symbols in their work. [3] Example messages include adweneasa , which translates as 'I've exhausted my skills', is a highly decorated type of kente with weft -based patterns woven into every available block of plain weave.

7. Kanga (garment) - Wikipedia

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   Whereas kitenge is a more formal fabric used for nice clothing, the kanga is much more than a clothing piece, it can be used as a skirt, head-wrap, apron, pot-holder, towel, and much more. The kanga is culturally significant on Eastern coast of Africa, often given as a gift for birthdays or other special occasions. [7]

8. Kwaku Bediako - Wikipedia

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   Chocolate Clothes’ designs were showcased at the Fashion for Peace show in Paris, organized by the EU, African Fashion Fund, UN ITC-EFI and Ethical Fashion. [14] Chocolate designs have been displayed at fashion shows including Radiance Fashion Show and Glitz Africa Fashion Week. [15] [16] [17]

9. Gomesi - Wikipedia

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   When the gomesi is worn as causal clothing, it is usually one made of lighter weight and less formal fabrics. [5] This article of clothing has gone through four main stages of evolution, with changes in material and decorative style, starting in the 1960's. [6] The gomesi originated as bark-cloth, and then developed into a cotton gomesi in the ...