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2. African wax prints - Wikipedia

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   African waxprints, West Africa Waxprints sold in a shop in West Africa Lady selling colourful waxprint fabrics in Togo "Afrika im Gewand - Textile Kreationen in bunter Vielfalt", African Textiles Exhibition Museum der Völker 2016. African wax prints, Dutch wax prints [1] [2] or Ankara, [3] are a type of common material for clothing in West Africa.

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. Printex - Wikipedia

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   Spinning, kente clothing weaving and finishing departments were added to increase production capacity for new textile products including uniforms, shirting materials, dress fabrics, and furnishings. By 1997 when it assumed its current name, the company had entered into the African textiles market producing woven or printed cotton or polyester ...

5. 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.

6. Mitumba (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   The transportation and sale of mitumba is responsible for many jobs both in wealthy donor companies and in the African countries where mitumba is bought and sold. Critics of the mitumba trade note that the influx of cheap clothing is responsible for the decline of local textile industries. [1]

7. Kikoi - Wikipedia

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   Kikoy fabric in Nairobi. A kikoi is a traditional rectangle of woven cloth originating from Africa.Considered a part of Swahili culture, the kikoi is mostly worn by the coastal men but now includes the Maasai people of Kenya [1] as well as men from Tanzania and Zanzibar.