African Culture

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    6 Kente Engagement Styles Plus How to Choose Your Dress

    When looking out for engagement dresses in Ghana, you would find lots of colours and patterns of Kente styles for this occasion. There are actually a lot of details in the Kente engagement styles including combining different colours of Kente, combining kente cloth of different patterns,making a kente dress with lace, net, beads or stones….

  • Lobola Negotiations 101: What You Should Know

    Lobola is a word commonly used by Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Swati that means “brideprice” or bridewealth”. Lobola negotiations involve a process of presentation of a payment made by the prospective groom to the bride’s family. Here is a collection of information on clipkulture to help you prepare for your lobola negotiations: Q and A about…

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    20 Brides in Efik Traditional Attire Plus the “Onyonyo” Style History

    Brief History of the Efik Onyonyo Dress The Efik traditional attire for ladies is called the “Onyonyo”. It is a Victorian style dress made from lace fabric and usually worn by brides for their traditional wedding. The Efiks are inhabitants of Calabar, Cross Rivers State in Southern Nigeria. They were part of the first set…

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    Kente 101: A Collection of Helpful Facts

    If you’ve ever been puzzled about the kente cloth patterns, designs, how it is made or are just curious about the origin of the kente fabric, then you would love this. We have gathered some helpful information from the Kente collection on clipkulture. Enjoy! 1.What Do the Colours of Kente Cloth Represent? 2.Folklore Behind the…