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2. African wax prints - Wikipedia

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   African wax prints, Dutch wax prints[1][2] or Ankara, [3] are a type of common material for clothing in West Africa. They were introduced to West Africans by Dutch merchants during the 19th century, who took inspiration from native Indonesian batik designs. [4] They began to adapt their designs and colours to suit the tastes of the African market.

3. Vlisco - Wikipedia

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   2,700. Website. vlisco.com. The Vlisco Group designs, produces and distributes fashion fabrics, especially of the African wax print style, for the West and Central African market and African consumers in global metropolitan cities. Founded in Helmond, the Netherlands, in 1846, the Vlisco Group and their fabrics have grown into an essential part ...

4. Adire (textile art) - Wikipedia

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   Adire (textile art) Adire (Yoruba) textile is a type of dyed cloth from south west Nigeria traditionally made by Yoruba women, using a variety of resist-dyeing techniques. [1][2] The word 'Adire' originally derives from the Yoruba words 'adi' which means to tie and 're' meaning to dye. [3] It is a material designed with wax-resist methods that ...

5. African textiles - Wikipedia

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   African textiles. 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. These textiles hold cultural significance and also have significance as historical documents of African design.

6. Wrapper (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   African wax prints—traditional cloths in Africa. Most of them are printed in West Africa and China. Some African waxprints are made in the Netherlands, known as Dutch wax. In earlier times these were also produced in Great Britain. In a wax print, the pattern or design is printed on both sides of the cotton fabric.

7. Yinka Shonibare - Wikipedia

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   A key material in Shonibare's work since 1994 is the brightly coloured "African" fabric (Dutch wax-printed cotton) that he buys himself from Brixton market in London. "But actually, the fabrics are not really authentically African the way people think," says Shonibare. "They prove to have a crossbred cultural background quite of their own.

8. Kitenge - Wikipedia

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   A kitenge serves as an inexpensive, informal piece of clothing that is often decorated with a wide variety of colors, patterns and even political slogans. The printing on the cloth is done by an industrialised version of the traditional batik technique originated in Indonesia. [1][2] These are known as wax prints and the design is equally ...

9. L'Oeil de Boeuf (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Background. L’Oeil de Boeuf is a French term meaning Bull's Eye in English. The fabric is known by this name in francophone west African countries because of the image of eyes in the design. In Benin it is known as “Lisu ya Pité”. It is said that this name inferred as Lustful Eye means that females can profess their desire for males by ...