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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. 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.

4. Yoruba clothing - Wikipedia

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   Ankara is also known as Dutch wax, African wax, or African print. There are Yoruba made Ankara cloth. Ankara can have various themes and symbols printed on it, such as flowers, animals, stars, or abstract shapes. Eya / Lace: a delicate fabric made from yarn or thread that is looped, twisted, or knotted to create intricate patterns. Lace can be ...

5. Akosombo Textile Limited - Wikipedia

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   Akosombo Textiles Limited now Akosombo Industrial Company Limited [5] was established in 1967. [2] A new production line ABC (A. Brunschweiler & Company) [6] Wax opened a new facility at ATL to produce a standard wax range for the Ghanaian local market. [7] ABC over the past 100 years has been synonymous with textile manufacturing in Africa and ...

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. Wikipedia:WikiProject Ghana/Folklore in Fashion/Fabrics in ...

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   This is the image of a fabric design by name Aban nkaba. - - - - - 5 The eye of my rival L’oeil de ma coépouse : Mali (main); I am not afraid of my rival’s eye ; Moran’s Eyes The eye of my husband's other wife - - - - - [21] [22] [23] 6 Good Woman or Good wife Obaapa - Ghana (main) Good woman This is an image of the wax print by name ...