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  2. Nike Davies-Okundaye - Wikipedia

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    Adire pattern motifs were traditionally passed down from mother to daughter, and the designs themselves have virtually not changed in form over time. [ 13 ] Davies-Okundaye was featured on CNN International's African Voices , which features Africa's most engaging personalities, exploring their lives and passions. [ 14 ]

  3. 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.

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 These textiles hold cultural significance and also have significance as historical documents of African design.

  5. Shweshwe - Wikipedia

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    Shweshwe. Shweshwe (/ ˈʃwɛʃwɛ /) [1] is a printed dyed cotton fabric widely used for traditional Southern African clothing. [2][3] Originally dyed indigo, the fabric is manufactured in a variety of colours and printing designs characterised by intricate geometric patterns. [4][5][6] Due to its popularity, shweshwe has been described as the ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. African folk art - Wikipedia

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    African folk art consists of a variety of items: household objects, metal objects, toys, textiles, masks, and wood sculpture. Most traditional African art meets many definitions of folk art generally, or at least did so until relatively recent dates. SUDAN basket -tray, tabar of weaved natural plant fibre, coloured in different colours.

  8. Kuba textiles - Wikipedia

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    Kuba textiles are a type of raffia cloth unique to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, and noted for their elaboration and complexity of design and surface decoration. Most textiles are a variation on rectangular or square pieces of woven palm leaf fiber enhanced by geometric designs executed in linear embroidery and other ...

  9. Korhogo cloth - Wikipedia

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    Dated 1960-1970. Korhogo cloth is an African textile made by the Senufo people of Korhogo, Ivory Coast. Often described as being in the shadows of bogolafini (mud cloth) and kente, [1] korhogo comes in neutral and earthy tones like browns, blacks and creams. Korhogo is made by hand painting designs on hand woven and hand spun cotton fabric.

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