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	Clothing in Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		African clothing, especially in the north, is influenced by Arabs and Europeans.
		There are also non-profit organizations in western societies that sell used clothes to for-profit companies in Africa.
		This used clothing is called mitumba in some areas and is surrounded by some controversy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clothing_in_Africa (207 words)

	Clothing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clothing is defined, in its broadest sense, as coverings for the torso and limbs as well as coverings for the hands (gloves), feet (socks, shoes, sandals, boots) and head (hats, caps).
		The practical function of clothing is to protect the human body from weather — strong sunlight, extreme heat or cold, and precipitation — as well as protect from insects, noxious chemicals, weapons, and contact with abrasive substances.
		Because clothing and adornment are closely related to ideas of human sexuality and sexual display, humans may develop clothing fetishes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clothing (1836 words)

	Clothing
		Clothing most obviously defines a social role in the case of uniforms, such as those worn by police officers and nurses, and garments worn by clergy or members of religious orders.
		The clothing worn for rituals such as weddings, graduations, and funerals tends to be formal and governed by unwritten rules that members of the society agree upon.
		Clothing in China was regulated by social status, gender, age, and occasion, beginning at least as early as 500 BC and continuing until the early 20th century.
	autocww.colorado.edu /~blackmon/E64ContentFiles/DecorativeArts/Clothing.html (8250 words)

	clothing - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Clothing, coverings and garments intended to be worn on the human body.
		The words cloth and clothing are related, the first meaning fabric or...
		Fashion, clothing that is in style at a particular time.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /clothing.html (122 words)

	PASS Resources - Africa - Books - Middle School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Examines the history of East-Central Africa from 1880 to the early years of the twenty-first century, discussing the natural beauty of the region, and tracing the origins of the civil wars that have erupted since the end of European colonial rule.
		A description of Africa and the Europeans who explored it, their journeys over the continent, and their effects on the peoples and countries.
		The Zulu of Africa / Nita Gleimius, Evelina Sibanyoni, Emma Mthimunye.
	www.okhighered.org /oasis/pass/africa/books-middle-school.html (1277 words)

	History of clothing in Africa
		Early clothing in Africa was also made from treated animal hides, furs, and feathers.
		The two main kind of textile looms in Africa are the double-heddle loom, used for narrow strips of cloth, and the single-heddle loom, used for wider pieces.
		The artists sew finely detailed patterns onto the cloth using raffia or cotton thread, then take the cloth to a dyer, known as an aloro, who, it is said, works under the protection of the Yoruba spirit Iya Mapo.
	africastyles.com /blackhistory/history_clothing.html (1054 words)

	Dec 2004, Report - Developing a strategic response to the trade in used clothing in Africa
		These factories generally clothed the people of Africa for many years prior to the advent of structural adjustment processes and the consequent liberalisation of markets.
		Whilst the transfer of used clothing from developed to poor countries was common place by the 1970’s it with the afore men-tioned shift to liberalised markets that has seen the deluge of second hand clothing landing in Africa.
		The purpose of the document is to inform policy debate and an approach to developing the clothing and textile industries on the continent.
	www.cleanclothes.org /publications/04-itg.htm (408 words)

	[South Africa Travel Information \| Asia Travel]
		Situated right at the tip of the most magnificent, most mysterious, wildest and most ancient of continents, South Africa is a land of spectacular contrasts, both physically and socially.
		South Africa is bigger than France, Germany and Italy combined with a population of 40.6 million.
		South Africa has 11 official languages, however, the two languages most widely used are English and Afrikaans.
	www.asiatravel.com /safrica/info.html (661 words)

	Africa
		Some Berber clothing, such as the haik, or cloth drape, is related to the Roman toga.
		The Amhara people of Ethiopia practice a very ancient form of Christianity, and their clothing resembles that worn in the Roman Empire during the early Christian period: long tunics, togalike wraps, and, for men, white turbans.
		Among the Xhosa of South Africa, unmarried girls wear short skirts and go bare-chested; married Xhosa women wear longer skirts, cover their breasts, and wear elaborate head wraps.
	www.mahmoodgroup.com /textileofafrica (1111 words)

	Ballet Clothing - South Africa
		Others services involve exclusive variety of brands and labels, well trained personnel, manufacturing of ballet clothing and swimwear in a variety of garments, all including personal service.
		Ballet clothing is an essential to acquire once a student starts learning the techniques of the specialised dance form of ballet.
		Clothing is an important tool in being successful in ballet as they are needed to accurately complete the required dance moves.
	www.turningpointsa.co.za /ballet-clothing.html (93 words)

	African clothing - History for Kids!
		Africa's a big place, so people had very different styles of clothing in different parts of Africa.
		People in Africa seem to have started wearing clothing around 75,000 years ago -at least, that's about the time that the first body lice got started, and lice need clothing to live in.
		The first clothing was made out of animal skins - leather and fur shawls and loincloths.
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/africa/clothing (324 words)

	MTC - African Clothing
		Africa is a huge continent, where at least a thousand languages are spoken, and there are many more than a thousand tribes, each with their own special culture.
		This is because as far as most of what is sold in stores, most of the fabrics on the market weren't even woven or printed in Africa, and the prices are astronomically high, but the actual maker gets very little of it.
		There is African clothing at almost all the markets in the world.
	moderntraditional.com /magazine/african.html (661 words)

	Textiles Intelligence \|\| Press Release: South Africa's Textile and Clothing Exports Set for Growth as New Opportunities ...
		After a period of severe hardship, South African textile and clothing exports are set for growth, according to Prospects for the Textile and Clothing Industry in South Africa, a comprehensive new report from Textiles Intelligence.
		Moreover, the textile and clothing industry in South Africa is poised to benefit from a number of new trade agreements.
		Prospects for the Textile and Clothing Industry in South Africa is one of five reports published in the May 2001 issue of Textile Outlook International, a bi-monthly publication dealing with strategic issues in the global fibre, textile and apparel industries.
	www.textilesintelligence.com /til/press.cfm?prid=286 (604 words)

	Traditional African Clothing
		The Ndebele of the southern part of the Gauteng Povince in South Africa are renowned for their colorful traditional clothing and artistic beadwork.
		A girl just entering her teens dressed in traditional clothing (above center) The outfit consists of a beaded bodice and characteristic double-layered cloth skirt with the neck, head, with multiple leg and armbands.
		In Africa a woman's clothing indicate whether she is married.
	www.rebirth.co.za /traditional_african_clothing.htm (490 words)

	Golf Clothing - Low pricing here
		Mens golf apparel from our site will help your clothing be up to par with the other gentlemen in your group.
		Nomadic peoples of north africa, including the tuareg and the fulani, have their own special costumes.
		Clothing in africa the many different cultural traditions in africa have resulted in a rich variety of clothing styles and fabrics.
	www.onlygolfapparel.com /Golf-Clothinga.html (336 words)

	SOUTH AFRICA SAFARI CLOTHING
		Clothing should be simple, layered and of a neutral color.
		(A Khaki shade should be more of a medium rather than very light.) Camouflage clothing can be worn during the actual hunts, however it is best to limit this type of clothing to just actual hunting situations.
		In some areas of Africa wearing it is illegal.
	www.cruisersafaris.com /information/safari_clothing.htm (314 words)

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		Both the men and women of Africa dress from head to toe in most areas to protect from the hot African sun.
		Africa is in a constant battle with hunger and is being aided by several other nations including the United States.
		In South Africa their is a boom in the economic growth and it boisters a modest 45 percent employment rate which is near the top of the entire continent.
	homepages.wmich.edu /~a0eickho/africa (522 words)

	Africa Apparel Fashion and Textiles
		Africa Business Information : source of information on economies and business opportunities to promote trade and investment.
		Global Coalition for Africa : coalition of devoted to the acceleration of economic growth in Africa.
		New South Africa Garment Manufacturers : Established in 1955 they are the second largest apparel manufacturer in South Africa.
	www.apparelsearch.com /World_Clothing_Industry/Africa/africa.htm (1358 words)

	Historical Clothing
		Clothed to Rule the Universe : Ming to Qing Dynasty Textiles at the Art Institute of Chicago by John M. Vollmer.
		Clothing Matters : Dress and Identity in India by Emma Tarlo How Indian dress has evolved since the 19th c.
		Batak Cloth and Clothing : A Dynamic Indonesian Tradition by Sandra A. Niessen Examines the changes that have occurred in the late 19th early 20th c.
	www.beaglebay.com /historical_clothing2.htm (2782 words)

	African clothing - History for Kids!
		By the 400's AD, the people of Meroe and Kush were growing and weaving cotton for their clothes.
		Before 800 AD, people along the eastern coast were trading with India for cotton and silk cloth in fancy patterns, and for glass beads.
		Wool came pretty late to Africa, because even though people in West Africa were keeping sheep by the 400's AD, the kind of sheep they kept didn't grow wool.
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/africa/clothing/clothing2.htm (465 words)

	Africa Market \| Safari Travel Shop \| buy books on Africa, safari suits & clothing, african music cd's, wildlife ...
		This epic series presents Africa through the eyes of its people, conveying the diversity and beauty of the land and the compelling personal stories of the people who shape its future.
		There she learns new beau Paolo is less reliable than she thought, but also that the sun-baked plains and roaming beasts of Africa speak to her in a way the nightlife of Italy did not...
		The great irony of John Barry's Academy Award-winning score for Out of Africa (which also took the Oscar as Best Picture) is that it almost never was; director Sydney Pollack had originally envisioned the film with native African music, going as far as laying the indigenous score down as he was editing.
	www.tulipweb.com /africa_market (1846 words)

	Girdle [Mali; Tellem peoples] (1998.478.4,5) \| Object Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This carefully crafted object is part of a rare group of female "modesty skirts," which are thought to have been worn low on the hips and held in place with a fiber cord.
		Commonly called a "cache-sexe," these fiber skirts are the oldest of their type to have survived the tropical climate of West Africa.
		The remarkable state of preservation of this example is due to the favorable climatic conditions of the cave in which it was found.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ho/07/sfw/hod_1998.478.4,5.htm (286 words)

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		Clothing and Difference: Embodied Identities in Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa.
		The eight essays here use clothing and bodily adornment as points of entree into a wide range of topics including gender and sexuality, ideas about modernity and tradition, political power, death and the supernatural, tourism, hygiene, and national identity.
		As Hendrickson's introduction emphasizes, the relationship between the body, clothing, and identity has been examined almost exclusively in a Western and urban context.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2005/is_n1_v32/ai_21186989 (394 words)

	Keedo Clothing, Out of Africa > Buyer's Guide Newspapers
		The clothing is hand-made, 100 percent cotton, and extremely durable.
		Nelia Schutte of Cape Town started making children's clothes for her twins, actually dying the fabric in a pot in the kitchen.
		She laughs, "You get addicted to these clothes." The next step was to open a store for the Keedo line.
	www.bguide.net /keedo (872 words)

	Daniel Chester French: Africa
		Daniel Chester French's sculpture of "Africa" shows the continent to be mysterious, shrowded in unknowns and a rich past.
		A front view of Daniel Chester French's "Africa." "Africa" is seen as the only nude of the four continents, in keeping with the stereotype of tribal peoples who did not wear much clothing.
		This left front view of "Africa" shows more detail of the Sphinx, its weathered face a testimony to the centuries it has endured the sand and heat.
	www.yeodoug.com /resources/dc_french/continents/dcfrench_africa.html (294 words)

	Open Directory - Business: Consumer Goods and Services: Clothing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fashionable clothing and accessories for men and women, sportswear, dancewear, casual, dresses, pants.
		Manufacturer and exporter of men's, women's and children's casual clothing, jackets, sleepwear and towels.
		Startup manufacturer of upscale fashion and casual clothing lines targeted at men and women between the ages of 20 and 40.
	dmoz.org /Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Clothing (2694 words)

	Shirts embroidered or printed with African animal designs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It's Africa clothing company manufactures interesting and commercially attractive designs which are printed or embroided onto garments.
		It's Africa acknowledges the value of tourism as a cornerstone of the Southern African economy and, with the international trend towards eco-tourism, forsees a bright future for the industry.
		The remarkable growth of It's Africa can be ascribed to the company's belief in superior service, top quality, innovative and exciting design, and the company's commitment to the conservation of wildlife in the region.
	www.itsafrica-cc.com (309 words)

	Just Cruizin Cool Clothing South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Just Cruizin Cool Clothing takes pride in the high quality and unique designs of their 2005 women's fashion collection, designed and manufactured in Cape Town, South Africa in 100% pure cotton
		These clothes and accessories are easy to wear, pack and care for.
		These articles are made in the "fairest Cape" in South Africa by a long established innovative designer and manufacturer - see here.
	www.justcruizincoolclothing.co.uk (226 words)

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		Six clothing factories in Lesotho failed to reopen after the December 2004 holidays, and at least 7,000 workers are expected to lose their jobs.
		Most southern African countries will have difficulty competing with Asia in global markets, either because their wages are high - as in South Africa and Mauritius - or because of low productivity, combined with the cost of raw materials.
		Lesotho had "no domestic yarn or fabric supply", while political unrest in 2001 and 2002 in Madagascar had resulted in large disinvestments in the textile industry: "The government is trying to restart the industry, but future prospects are uncertain," the report noted.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=45354&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=SOUTHERN_AFRICA (1122 words)

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