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  2. Shweshwe - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] [14] [15] Xhosa women have also incorporated the fabric into their traditional ochre-coloured blanket clothing. [7] [16] Aside from traditional wear, shweshwe is used in contemporary South African fashion design for women and men from all ethnic groups, [5] [9] [12] as well as for making accessories and upholstery. [17]

  3. Clothing in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Traditional clothing made with local materials were incorporated with new style and items from Europe. [4] In the early nineteenth century, glass beads and plastic beads from Europe added new materials to the traditional collection of materials that South African indigenous people used to make beadworks. [6]

  4. Xhosa people - Wikipedia

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    The Xhosa people, or Xhosa-speaking people (/ ˈ k ɔː s ə / KAW-sə, / ˈ k oʊ s ə / KOH-sə; [2] [3] [4] Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰɔ́ːsa] ⓘ) are a Bantu ethnic group native to South Africa. They are the second largest ethnic group in South Africa and are native speakers of the isiXhosa language. Presently, over nine million Xhosa ...

  5. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    This African textile is used to weave the Ghanaian Smock. Queens, princesses and women of Dagbon wear the Chinchini. The weaving of the chinchini is done by the 'Kpaluu', one of the traditional professional in the Dagbon society that has existed until today. The smock made from the Chinchini of Dagbon is the most worn traditional cloth of Ghana.

  6. Folk costume - Wikipedia

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    Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.

  7. Culture of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    South Africa's unique social and political history has generated a rich variety of literatures, with themes spanning pre-colonial life, the days of apartheid, and the lives of people in the "new South Africa". Many of the first black South African print authors were missionary-educated, and many wrote in either English or Afrikaans.

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