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This category describes modern African fashion. Traditional and historic African clothing should be categorised under African clothing. Subcategories.
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 ...
Pages in category "African clothing" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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.
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Tiếng Việt; Yorùbá ... African fashion (14 C, 8 P) African festivals (1 C, 7 P) Folk culture of Africa (5 C) Food and drink in Africa (4 C) African given names ...
The use of the boubou/babban-riga/Kulwu as clothing became widespread among West African Muslims with the migration of Kanuri, Hausa,Fulani and Dyula long-distance traders and Kanuri Islamic preachers in and around Muslim regions of West Africa in the 1400s and even more rapidly in less Islamized areas after the Fulani Jihads of the 19th ...
The Sanford and Son episode "Lamont Goes African" features Sanford's son Lamont wearing a dashiki as part of his attempt to return to his African roots. Jim Brown , Wilt Chamberlain , Sammy Davis Jr. , and Bill Russell were among the well-known African-American athletes and entertainers who wore the dashiki on talk shows.