Blips and blops

By Mags

colourful kangas

I love the colours of the kangas my friend Frida sends me from Tanzania. Here's the Wikipedia definition of a kanga (must be true!!).
The kanga (sometimes kanga, meaning "guinea hen" in Swahili, for its brilliant colors) is a colourful garment similar to kitenge, worn by women and occasionally by men throughout Eastern Africa. It is a piece of printed cotton fabric, about 1.5m by 1m, often with a border along all four sides (called pindo in Swahili), and a central part (mji) which differs in design from the borders. Kangas are usually very colorful.

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