African Kanga (African Art post 10/10)

The Kanga is a colourful drape that has been made through ages from African cultures, this is worn by women and sometimes in special occasions by men in East Africa. This is a piece of woven fabric about 1 metre X 1.5 metre which is done in a printing method, this generally comes with a border through the four sides and a different design in the middle of the fabric which is generally colourful all the way.

This fabric has been a tradition for a long time, where this type of dress is worn by women along the Eastern and central part of Africa, yet it is a big tradition in East Africa but popular in the centre.

    

Now days, due to media sharing everything around the world, Christine Mhando who is a fashion designer based in London decided to make a series of elegant clothing based on the Kanga where one can see such elegance with difference in style yet in affordable prices.
Christine Mhando named her design company Chichia London

    


African Kanga revolutionizes the fashion industry. 2013. African Kanga revolutionizes the fashion industry. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.discoveringafricanetwork.com/africankanga.html.