Thursday, 31 October 2013

Asante Kente Cloths in the Ethnological Museum, Berlin

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A small selection from the large number of Asante kente cloths collected by the late Dr Brigitte Menzel are now online on the website of t...
Saturday, 26 October 2013

Exploring Ewe “kente” design online.

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One of the issues with African textiles that interests me is developing an understanding of the range of design possibilities within each tr...
Friday, 27 September 2013

New Article: “The Shape of Fashion–the Historic Silk Brocades (akotifahana) of Highland Madagascar” by Sarah Fee

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The latest issue of African Arts magazine (Volume 46 Number 3 Autumn 2013) has an important article by Sarah Fee of the Royal Ontario Muse...
Friday, 20 September 2013

“Dyeing cotton in indigo, 1946. Igbomina Yoruba, Nigeria.”

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The British Museum’s online catalogue has recently been revamped with a much more intuitive and user friendly search procedure that allows...
Thursday, 19 September 2013

“Traditional headdresses, banned by Islamist group, return to Mali”–a great photostory from the Baltimore Sun

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“Issues surrounding women’s rights and the treatment of women received special attention around the globe during International Women’s Day o...
Saturday, 14 September 2013

New Books: “African Dress: Fashion Agency and Performance” and “Veiling in Africa”

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Tuesday, 10 September 2013

The Asantehene Prempeh II

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The Asante king Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II (ruled 1931-1970)