Textiles of Africa
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Heritage — Southern Africa

Textile Heritage of South Africa

South Africa's textile heritage includes shweshwe, a printed indigo cotton cloth adopted by Xhosa, Sotho, and Zulu communities in the 19th century and still manufactured today by a single South African mill — one of the last producers of true discharge-printed indigo cloth in the world.

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South Africa's textile heritage includes shweshwe, a printed indigo cotton cloth adopted by Xhosa, Sotho, and Zulu communities in the 19th century and still manufactured today by a single South African mill — one of the last producers of true discharge-printed indigo cloth in the world.

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