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kitenge

(kiːˈtɛŋɡɛ)
n
(Textiles)
a. a thick cotton cloth measuring 114 × 213 cm (45 × 84 inches), used in making garments
b. (as modifier): a kitenge dress.
[C20: from Swahili]
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This was followed by the display of different kinds of clothing, especially those made from the popular 'kitenge', a craze among the Tanzanians.
Niall Harris continued his impressive season, picking up MVP honours with 17 points - 8 in the fourth, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals, Hosana Kitenge was a force inside with a 13-point, 16-rebound double-double, whilst Joel Bielak and Blaize Sagna added 16 points apiece.
Come here to get colourful kitenge clothes made, buy traditional imigongo paintings, and stock upon explosive Akabanga chilli oil.
Full squad: Tomiwa Sulaiman (Canarias BA), Jacob Round (Fuenlabrada), Kareem Queeley (Real Madrid), Mate Okros (Myerscough Basketball Academy), Tosan Evbuomwan (Newcastle Eagles), Jonathan Brown (Kent Crusaders), Hosana Kitenge (Loughborough Student Riders), Callan Low (Myerscough Basketball Academy), Arinze Emeka-Anyakwo (Manchester Magic), Chris Feeney (L'Hospitalet BA), Conroy Hayden (Aston Manor Academy), Nathan Robinson (Las Lomas HS).
For instance, when prompted to identify their Most Admired African Brand, some responses have listed generic product or category identities rather than the trading brands, with textile "brands" such as kente (Ghana), kitenge (East and Southern Africa), capulana (Mozambique) and wax, being mentioned.
Their maxims mention varied garments, these include wearing fashionable outfit, minis, kitenge (a piece of fabric usually wrapped by women), head scarf (kilemba), shoes and so forth.
Pollard Coffee features a medium-dark Yirgacheffe that Pollard calls "Kitenge," after a fabric from East Africa.
Rugamba is now the founder and creative director of House of Tayo, a Kigali-based fashion label known mostly for its attention-getting bow ties, neck ties, pocket scarves and snoods which are made from African 'kitenge' fabrics.
Many of the men wear the traditional Muslim kofia hat, and amongst the crowd of women draped in colourful kitenge fabrics, several sport the tightly wrapped hijabs, but when he follows the Muslim greeting by hailing them in the name of Jesus Christ, the response of "Amin" (Arabic form of Amen) is just as loud.
You have your puffy sofas, adorned with cushions covered in traditional pattered-cloth known as Kitenge; wooden floors and tables that give you a touch of rustic nature; a wall decorated with geometric and tribal designs in black and blood red; paintings and hand-carved African masks gracing the walls; an animal head; and miniature ornamental pieces on display including bedazzled sandals, statues, more patterned fabrics, and a mix of vintage and contemporary lights.
I had my kitenge [large fabric women wear wrapped around their waist during travel or work] in my bag.