The “African print” on your kaba started as a Dutch copy of Indonesian batik
Wax print, the bold cotton fabric sold across West Africa as "African print", began in the nineteenth century as a Dutch attempt to machine-copy Indonesian batik.…
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A teacher designed Ghana’s flag in 1957. Theodosia Okoh also ran Ghanaian hockey for decades
Theodosia Salome Okoh, a teacher and artist, designed the red, gold and green flag with a black star that Kwame Nkrumah raised on 6…
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