Talk:Kanga (African garment)
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I've started a new article here, moving the old one on kanga, kikoy and kitenge to East African garments. As I've said elsewhere, I don't particularly like that name but it was ill-named anyhow, as the article was about more than only the kanga.
[edit] Structure
This is a many-sided topic, and to write a truly good article we'll need to think about the structure from the beginning. I think we need at least information on the following topics:
- History
- Anatomy (not the best name perhaps, I mean terms like pindo, mji, jina)
- Manufacture (Where does the fabric come from? How is the print added? What kind of people make the designs?)
- Designs
- Economical background (a lot of printed textiles are imported; are there also local manufacturers?)
- The kanga as a vehicle of communication
Is that everything? And what is the best way to structure this? Thanks for weighing in! — mark ✎ 16:23, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Illustration
I just added an illustration, see Image:kanga.png. I think I'll give it a more interesting design at a later point, but this is the idea. — mark ✎ 21:03, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
- I added a photo of kangas on a clothesline that I found on Flickr. Frankly, I didn't see a lot of these until I crossed into Bukoba, but is the garment in Image:Zanzibar woman.jpg considered a kanga? - BT 14:17, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Resources
As it turns out, I still haven't gotten around to expand this article as planned. I did collect a few quite useful sources though, and have summarized them at User:Mark_Dingemanse/research#Kanga. Use the info if you like! — mark ✎ 10:50, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
