Kangas: 101 Uses by Jeanette Handby and David Bygott (used)

The KANGA is a rectangle of pure cotton cloth with a border all around it, printed in bold designs and bright colours. It is as long as your outstretched arm and wide enough to cover you from neck to knee, or from breast to toe.

 Kangas are often bought in pairs, and are most attractive and useful as a pair. Most traditional outfits require a matched or unmatched pair. Husbands give kangas to wives, children to their mothers, women may split a pair to give one half to their best friend. Men can sleep in kangas, and often wear them around the house; women wear them everywhere; babies are virtually born in them, and are usually carried in a soft sling of kanga cloth. Kangas are extremely popular throughout East Africa. They make an attractive gift with multiple uses; no-one can ever have too many!

In this booklet we show you 101 ways of wearing or using kangas. About half of these are styles of clothing, and the other half range from functional to fanciful! We hope that we can tempt you to invent your own styles and uses for these most pleasant and colourful pieces of cloth.

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