For women in Tanzania's humid Dar es Salaam port city, the "kanga" is must-have material, functioning as an everyday wraparound dress, bath towel, shawl and, when ragged, dish cloth and mop too.

Book Review - The new book Common Threads (along with an accompanying video, both open access), explores the ties that bind India and Africa through the material medium of cloth, from antiquity to ...

The kanga name came from the Ki-Swahili term for the noisy, colourful guinea fowl with its spotted plumage. The traders started sending off for rolls of printed cloth in the new size, and a new ...

GOLDEN, CO - DECEMBER 2: A variety of Kanga Care cloth diapers available in the retail showroom at the store on December 2, 2015, in Golden, Colorado. Julie Ekstrom, CEO of Kanga Care, started ...

Bold designs, vivid colours and messages in Kiswahili printed on cotton fabric: this is the East African kanga cloth. Since the 19th century it has been worn by women of different backgrounds to ...

Are you curious about cloth diapers, but aren't sure where to begin? Here are some of our favorites. We think they're adorable, comfortable and eco-friendly — what better kind of a diaper would ...

DAR ES SALAAM For women in Tanzanias humid Dar es Salaam port city, the 'kanga' is must-have material, functioning as an everyday wraparound dress, bath towel, shawl and, when ragged, dish cloth ...

So crammed is Tanzania's only cancer treatment center that Rukia Kondogoza, wrapped in bright kanga cloth, has to share her bed with another patient.

The cloth is largely associated with East Africa, especially the Swahili culture at the coast, which dates back in 1700s.

For women in Tanzania's humid Dar es Salaam port city, the kanga is must-have material, functioning as an everyday wraparound dress, bath towel, shawl and, when ragged, dish cloth and mop too.