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    How do people make textiles in Africa?
    Throughout Africa, people make textiles using the materials available to them. Depending on where they live, they might use tree bark, palm tree leaves, cotton, linen, or even wool. The ways in which they decorate these fabrics are just as diverse. Designs and patterns can be added to fabric in several different ways.
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    Some of the oldest surviving African textiles were discovered at the archaeological site of Kissi in northern Burkina Faso. They are made of wool or fine "short" animal hair including dried skin for integrity. Some fragments have also survived from the thirteenth century Benin City in Nigeria. Historically textiles were used as a form of currency since the fourteenth century in West Africa and Central Africa. Below is an overview of some of the common techniqu…

    Some of the oldest surviving African textiles were discovered at the archaeological site of Kissi in northern Burkina Faso. They are made of wool or fine "short" animal hair including dried skin for integrity. Some fragments have also survived from the thirteenth century Benin City in Nigeria. Historically textiles were used as a form of currency since the fourteenth century in West Africa and Central Africa. Below is an overview of some of the common techniques and textile materials used in various African regions and countries.
    Stripweaving, a centuries-old textile manufacturing technique of creating cloth by weaving strips together, is characteristic of weaving in West Africa, who credit Mande weavers and in particular the Tellem people as the first to master the art of weaving complex weft patterns into strips. Findings from caves at Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali propose its use from as far back as the 11th century. Stripwoven cloths are made up of narrow strips that are cut into desired lengths and sewn together. From Mali, the technique spread across West Africa to Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Nigeria. Raphia fiber from dried stripped leaves of raphia palm was commonly used in West A…

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 These textiles hold cultural significance and also have significance as historical documents of African design.

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    Weaving is of great importance in many African cultures. The Dogon, for example, believe that spinning and weaving thread can be likened to human reproduction and the notion of rebirth. The color of cloth is often of significance and is representative of specific qualities and attributes. For example, among the Ewe and Ashanti, black and white kente cloth is typically worn at funerals of elderly people to signify both a celebration of life and the mourning of death. In most cases end up with a widow wearing her late husband's apparel for several days.

    African textiles can be used as historical documents. cloth can be used to commemorate a certain person, event, and even a political cause. Much of the history conveyed had more to do with how others impacted the African people, rather than about the African people themselves. The tapestries tell stories of Roman and Arab invasions, and how the impact of Islam and Christianity affected African life. The same is true of major events such as colonialism, the African Slave Trade, even the Cold War.

    African textiles also have significance as historical documents, offering perspectives in cases where written historical accounts are unavailable: "History in Africa may be read, told and recorded in cloth."

    Western African demand for cotton textiles fueled early South-South exchange during colonial times.

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    Some examples of African textiles are the following:
    • Aso oke fabric – woven by Yoruba people
    • Adire – tie-dye produced by Yoruba people
    • Aso olona - Woven by Yoruba People
    • Souban cloth – woven by Zarma people
    • Ankara or African Wax Prints
    • Bazin (fabric), produced in Mali
    • Akwete cloth – woven by Igbo people
    • Barkcloth – produced by the Buganda tribe
    • Cape Wool was African wool.
    • Chitenge – produced in Zambia
    • Kanga – produced in Tanzania
    • Kente cloth – woven by Ashanti and Ewe people
    • Kitenge – produced in Tanzania and other regions of East Africa
    • Kongo textiles – produced by the Kongo
    • Kuba textiles – produced by the Kuba
    • Mudcloth – produced by the Bambara tribe
    • Seghosen - Woven by Yoruba People
    • Shweshwe – produced in South Africa
    • Ukara – dyed indigo cloth by Igbo people

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