African textiles today /
Chris Spring.
- London : The British Museum Press , 2012.
- 256 p : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
African textiles as historical documents -- Textiles and contemporary African art -- Fabric of a nation : the printed cloth of West Africa -- Kanga, capulana and shweshwe : printed cloth of Eastern and Southern Africa -- Textiles and trade -- Textiles, status and leadership -- Patterns of thought : textiles and systems of belief in North and West Africa -- Textiles and communication -- Through the lens : textiles, art and photography in Africa.
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Textile fabrics--Africa. Costume--Africa. Clothing and dress--Symbolic aspects--Africa. Visual communication--Africa. Textile fabrics in art. Art, African--Themes, motives.