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Textile Heritage of Cameroon

Cameroon's Grassfields region — home to the Bamileke, Bamenda, Banso, Kom, and other Tikar peoples — is known for toghu, richly embroidered black velvet once reserved for royalty and nobility. Once a marker of chiefly authority, it has become one of Cameroon's most recognizable national symbols.

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Cameroon's Grassfields region — home to the Bamileke, Bamenda, Banso, Kom, and other Tikar peoples — is known for toghu, richly embroidered black velvet once reserved for royalty and nobility. Once a marker of chiefly authority, it has become one of Cameroon's most recognizable national symbols.

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