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  2. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    African textiles also have significance as historical documents, offering perspectives in cases where written historical accounts are unavailable: "History in Africa may be read, told and recorded in cloth." [33] Western African demand for cotton textiles fueled early South-South exchange during colonial times. [34]

  3. Kuba textiles - Wikipedia

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    The character of Kuba design accords with Robert Thompson's observation that some African music and art forms are enlivened by off-beat phrasing of accents, by breaking the expected continuum of surface, by staggering and suspending the pattern. [11] In textile design, the Africans of the Kasai-Sankuru region do not project a composition as an ...

  4. Category:Textile arts of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Textile arts of Africa" ... African design; African textiles; African wax prints; Ahwenepa nkasa; Akwete cloth; Aso oke; Aso Olona; B. Bazin (fabric)

  5. 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.

  6. Textile design - Wikipedia

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    Strip-woven textile design: African fabric. Textile patterns, designs, weaving methods, and cultural significance vary across the world. African countries use textiles as a form of cultural expression and way of life. They use textiles to liven up the interior of a space or accentuate and decorate the body of an individual.

  7. Kente cloth - Wikipedia

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    Kente production can be classified by three versions: authentic kente cloth made by traditional weavers, kente print produced by brands such as Vlisco and Akosombo Textile Ltd, and mass-produced kente pattern typically produced in China for West Africans. Authentic kente cloth is the most expensive, while kente print varies in price depending ...

  8. How African designers are making their mark on global fashion

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    A 2023 UNESCO report on Africa’s fashion sector predicted demand for African haute couture will increase by 42% by 2033, driven partly by the growth of e-commerce. But it found that a lack of ...

  9. African design - Wikipedia

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    Like all forms of design, African design is defined by its creativity and continuous evolution. Design is a form of story-telling and it is a medium through which those stories are told. In 2009, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie spoke on "The Danger of a Single Story" which has become one of the top ten most-viewed TED Talks of all time. For years ...

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