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)

It's difficult to see, but it might be two of them (they are often combined). However, it could just as well be some other dress. — mark ✎ 15:19, 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)