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JNF DESIGNS: REACHING THE WORLD WITH SIERRA LEONEAN FASHION. September 18, 2020. Mrs. Fredericka Williams founder - JNF Designs. Indeed, if fully developed - from the production of raw materials to textiles and accessories - the fashion industry would offer the African continent a net gain in prosperity of 25%.

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Sierra Leonean dress displayed in London from the Cheedonian Boutique in Freetown It was given as a gift to Lalage Bown in 1994 and purchased by a student who had visited Sierra Leone for research. The dress was purchased from the Cheedonian Boutique, which was owned by the late Mrs Abator Cheedy and located in the middle of Freetown, along or.

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Name given in Sierra Leone to cloth made from locally grown cotton, carded and spun into thread, and woven into strips on traditional looms. The strips are then sewn together edge to edge to form the finished cloth.

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Secondhand clothes from the West pour into Freetown and sell for a fraction of the cost to commission a traditional outfit, says Hindolo Trye, Sierra Leone's minister of culture and tourism.

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Tribal heads call for traditional attire to be worn in Sierra Leone By Hajaratu Kalokoh Tribal heads from across the country have held a one-day engagement to discuss the revival of Sierra Leonean culture. The engagement on Friday was done to coincide with the National Multicultural Day on 1 November.

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Sierra Leone has a few traditional attires such as the Print/Kabba Slot Embroidery, Country Cloth Smock, Ronko Smock, Batik (gara tie-dye). Over the years not much has changed fashion-wise especially, for the Print embroidery in comparison to the Kente and Ero and Buba by our counterparts in West Africa such as Nigeria and Ghana.

A glimpse into Sierra Leone Traditional Clothes The African Observer

What to Wear: Sierra Leonean Culture. Despite being a religious country, where around 60% of people identify as Muslims and 40% identify as Christians, I found Sierra Leone to be (at least from what I saw) a pretty tolerant and relaxed nation. Traditional religious dress was pretty thin on the ground here (although, it's worth pointing out I.

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Sierra Leonean Traditional Wedding Styles - D&D Clothing The African continent is indeed a tapestry rich in wisdom, culture and royalty, but sometimes, this strive do seem to be forgotten. In Sierra Leone culture, the traditional wedding of the country is as unique as every tribe composed in Sierra Leone.

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Orientation Identification. The name "Sierra Leone" dates back to 1462, when Portuguese explorer Pedro da Cintra, sailing down the West African coast, saw the tall mountains rising up on what is now the Freetown Peninsula and called them the "Lion Mountains," or " Serra Lyoa ."

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Object: Kpokpo Cloth Materials: Textile Culture Group: Other Dimensions: 2200mm [L] x 1235mm [W] Production Date: Pre 1952 Associated Places: Unknown Associated People: Freetown Public Relations Office [Year Acquired: 1952] Museum: British Museum Accession Number: BM:Af.1952.10.1 Related Objects Haku Country Cloth Textiles, cloth Kpokpo Cloth

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4202 Country Cloth is known as the local clothing or textile of Sierra Leone. In Salone country cloth is as culturally significant and dear as the Kente is to Ghanaians. The process of creating this unique textile is 100% local. The cotton is first planted in a large farm. After that, it is harvested and then it is spun into thread.

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Foremost among Sierra Leone's traditional outfits is the 'gara' or 'tie-dye' cloth. A product of age-old techniques passed down through generations, the gara cloth is admired for its intricate designs, vivid colours and the sheer skill required to create it.

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Sunday 16 February 2014 Hi there, thanks for popping over, and trust me you couldn't have chosen a better day to visit. It's all about us today, the Creoles. This outfit known as the Print, is the traditional attire of the Creole people of Sierra Leone, the ethic group that I am from.

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In Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, however, distinctive hand-embroidered slippers are part of Krio women's traditional dress, although they are timeconsuming to make, expensive to buy, and totally impractical for the climate.

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The 'Made in Salone' series continues this month with a look at how Sierra Leone's textiles and clothing sector is creating new markets for traditional fabric and design techniques. Launched by Invest Salone, 'Made in Salone' aims to showcase market development, structural socio-economic change, and job creation in key industries in.

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Country cloth or ("kpokpo") is a centuries old traditional textile of Sierra Leone. Woven on a drop spindle, using locally sourced raw cotton and ink from tree bark, country cloth was the traditional garb of paramount chiefs and had varied uses as hammocks and bedspreads. Today, the favored traditonal garb of much of