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African style dressing has taken a new turn. It has adapted a new style keeping with the traditional materials called Ankara (Ghana), Kanga (Kenya), and Zambia (Zimbabwe). This is now a style not restricted to Africans but to the entire fashion world.

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Traditionally hand made cloth from Mali. The high quality woven cloth is dyed with fermented mud. Much like the kente cloth, the weaving is done using a loom, but the dyeing is done by a 3 step ...

Domain: Fashion; Category: Style, cut & fit

The uses of Ankara fabric are endless, ranging from shirts, blouses, dresses, head skarves, jackets, hats, shoes, pants, suites, purses, table cloths, evening wear, day wear, at weddings, to the ...

Domain: Fashion; Category: Style, cut & fit

By "who", I mean celebrities who have been seen wearing ankara made clothes, from athletes, to models, to singers, to actors, as well as politicians. Solange Knowles was one of the first celebrities ...

Domain: Fashion; Category: Style, cut & fit

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