Africa is one of the continents that strongly values its culture.
It has stored the importance of the cultural value in food, clothes, music and cultural activities.
Dashiki is one of the cultural representation of the continent’s creativity and wealth.
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You might want to know more about the print.
Dashiki is one of the most commonly pulled prints.
The print takes pride in having been pulled in the continent and beyond.
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How else would the continent boast of the fabric if not outlining the origin and meaning of the print?
What is the history of the dashiki?
Dashiki is one of the traditional African clothing that African culture finds pride in.
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The print has become so diverse in most African countries, and beyond.
It has one of the most interesting histories.
It has roots in the West African region.
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It was mainly won by men, especially to cultural events.
The print has been pulled by influential celebrities like Chris Brown.
It also featured in the award-winning movie; ‘Black Panther.’
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What do dashiki patterns mean?
Dashiki pattern comes in different colours of the same print.
Each one of the colours has a significance that it stands for.
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It is the pattern in the cloth that attracts most people to it.
How to wear Dashiki
Dashiki is one of the most diversified African traditional attire.
It is known for producing the most gorgeous African print dresses.
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It is versatile, especially since it can be worn by any body size.
The symmetric arrangement in the patterns of the print speaks style and class into it.
Are you looking for casual African themed outfits?
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The red cover-up is the best of the African dresses design that you could try.
The dress is perfect for summer wear.
This is one of the closet must-haves.
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This is among the most effortless outfit that one could ever pull.
You could wear it along with your jeans or pants.
Besides that, you could wear it alongside a dress and look superb.
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Pairing it with a nice pair of heels would make it look more stunning.
Imagine how prepossessing and stylish it would be in a dashiki print.
you’re free to never go wrong in your yellow gown.
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The pink maxi dress
Pink is a specially warm colour.
Blending it in with bluish Dashiki print creates one of the best combos.
This colour combination brings out wedding and summer vibes to the outfit.
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Dashiki is one of the most common African traditional dress fabrics.
It has been modified to bring out a combination of African and western design.
It is impressive how this combination looks.
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This is one of the closet must-haves.
They would in most cases be pulled by men to the ‘Kwanzaa’ celebrations.
In this era, they form part of men casual wear.
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The hood gives it a unique style, unlike the plain shirts.
This is the bang out of outfit that you would match with your loved one.
Red is one of the colours that brings out the beauty and richness in African traditional clothes.
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You could make it more stylish by doing a hood on the shirt.
The blue Dashiki shirt is one of the most common of the African clothes for men.
The blend in the print on the fabric creates a cool masculine vibe.
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You could pull the print in a maxi skirt and bring out the modest lady vibe.
What better way to pull a summer look if not in these colourful pants?
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Dashiki is one of the most diversified prints that Africa is glad to associate itself with.
The print not only carries the continent’s meaning but also speaks of its value.
It is the kind of fabric that you would pull to any occasion and still look fashionable.
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It is a flawlessly beautiful closet-must-have.
She graduated from Meru University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering in 2019.
In 2023, Priscillah finished the AFP course on Digital Investigation Techniques.
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She has been writing articles on Briefly.co.za since 2019.
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