The 100% cotton Dashiki fabric is usually 45 inches wide and comes in various colours and a signature design. These design is repeated every two yards (a panel) of the fabric, which is enough to make a shirt.
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White Wedding Checklist and Budget Guide Planning a wedding, especially in Africa, can be quite overwhelming with all the to-dos, must-dos and may-dos…Everyone wants to be a part of your big day, and you don’t want to end up laying your priorities in the wrong place. So we compiled a summary wedding guide of what…
Ceremony  As the Yoruba Traditional Engagement commences and proceeds, there are various stages a groom and his family get to where certain fees will need to be settled. For example for any “marriage” talk to even begin, permission will need to be sought from the elders and the parents of the bride. There is also…
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…
Some examples of Swahili Proverbs or messages on a khanga are:  Tunaipenda Africa yetu: We love our Africa  Usinisumbue: Don’t bother me  Adui mpende: Love your enemy  Kheri ya Krismas na Mwaka Mpya: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year  Akili ni mali: Wits are wealth  Mungu ndiye tegemeo…
1. After a date has been set, the groom and his family must make sure they arrive early at the bride’s house. Late coming can attract a fine, depending on who you’re dealing with. 2. The groom and his family should wait at the gate of the bride’s family home and request to be let…
 “Habesha” refers to people who come from Ethiopia or Eritrea in East Africa (at the horn of Africa). So a Habesha wedding is simply a wedding celebrated from these parts or by the Habesha people.
