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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. Akwete cloth - Wikipedia

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    Akwete fabric is used by both people in Nigeria and exported to other countries. [6] The Akwamiri style of Akwete cloth was used by other people groups as waist ties for men, but also as towels, coverings for chairs, and as material for bags.

  4. Wrapper (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    The wrapper, lappa, or pagne is a colorful garment widely worn in West Africa by both men and women. It has formal and informal versions and varies from simple draped clothing to fully tailored ensembles. The formality of the wrapper depends on the fabric used to create or design it.

  5. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    Kuba Raphia: The Kuba of Central Africa have one of the widest range of textile skills in Africa including weaving cloth from leaves of raphia palm as well as embroidery, applique, cut-pile and resist dyeing techniques. The Kuba kingdom's need for traditional textiles for ceremonies has sustained their traditional cloth and weaving techniques ...

  6. Vlisco - Wikipedia

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    The African fabric markets were starved of Dutch Wax for the entirety of the war and when in 1945 Vlisco managed to send a shipment of a fabric called 'Six Bougies' , it was an immediate success. [ 1 ] : 30 So much so, that from 1963 onwards, all Vlisco fabrics have the text 'Guaranteed Dutch Wax Vlisco' stamped on the side, because the fabrics ...

  7. Folklore in Fashion - African Fabrics Welcome! This is a Wiki project aimed at documenting information about fabric designs found on the African fabric market - specifically designs which are considered "classical designs" across various markets and hold some names with metaphorical meanings in the African culture.

  8. Yoruba clothing - Wikipedia

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    Yoruba clothing is made from both indigenous Yoruba made fabrics and some imported fabrics which has become a staple in Yoruba culture. Some of the common fabrics used for making Yoruba women's clothing are: Aso-oke: a hand-woven cloth of the Yoruba People. It is considered the most prestigious of traditional fabrics in Nigeria and is worn to ...

  9. Ahwenepa nkasa - Wikipedia

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    Ahwenepa Nkasa Fabric President Nana Akufo-Addo and Minister Kwabena Frimpong Boateng President Nana Akufo-Addo and Minister Kwabena Frimpong Boateng (cropped) This is an image of the funeral cloth of the fabric design with the Ghanaian Akan given name 'Ahwenepa nkasa'.

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