Siba Mtongana In Her Heritage Day Xhosa Umbhaco Traditional Attire
Beautiful Xhosa outfit and beaded accessories with black sneakers.
Heritage/ Braai Day Menu
Celebrating Heritage Day with all manner of dishes looks appealing and appetizing to the eyes!?
How to Wear the Kente Cloth Traditionally
1. Put the cloth behind you, draping it over your shoulders and holding the two different ends with both hands. 2. Take the cloth in your right hand, pass the cloth underneath your right arm and across your body, throwing it over your left shoulder. 3. Keeping the cloth in place on the left shoulder…
How to Clean Kente fabric
Machine washing or hand washing is not usually recommended for Kente fabric because it will loosen the weaving. Simply put – the authentic Kente fabric isn’t meant to be washed. So the best option to clean your Kente outfit is to dry clean it.
How to Buy Kente Cloth
1. The best place to buy authentic Kente Cloth is directly from Ghana or from someone who has a Ghanaian supplier. 2. When buying Kente, take note that the authentic Kente fabric is hand woven from individual threads. Imitation fabrics that look like Kente are actually prints. 3. Imitation Kente cloth are usually cheaper in…
10 Facts You Should Know About the Kente Cloth
1. “Kente” is a word in the Ashanti language of Ghana, which means “basket”. Ironically, the Ashanti people call the Kente fabric “nwentoma” which means “woven cloth”. 2. Authentic Kente fabric is woven by the Ewe and Ashanti tribes in Ghana. 3. The Kente cloth is known as the fabric with the most complicated weavings…
8 Interesting Facts About the Herero Tribe
1. The Herero (Ovaherero) ethnic group makes up about 7% of Namibia’s population. 2. The Herero are a cattle breeding nation that migrated from East Africa to Namibia about 350 years ago. 3. The town of Gobabis in Eastern Namibia was initially known as Herero land. 4. In the 1900s large numbers of the Herero…
How Do You Care for Wax Printed Fabric? 7 Tips
1. Best temperature for washing African Print fabric (which is cotton) is 40°C. African prints are likely to shrink by 5% after the first wash. 2. Always wash your print fabric separate from other clothing. If you have more than one print outfit to wash, group them according to colours (light separate from dark colours)….