Africa is still used to
provide and protect.
Either as clothing to
cover the skin, or as
protective material
to cover bundles
being carried home
form the market.
parts of the world,
African fabrics are
being used to
decorate our
homes or office.
The room on the
left has been
decorated in such a
way, as to make it
look like a
mini-Art-gallery!
desk, with elephant bookends, a calabash gourd, a turquoise head
created by an African-American artist, and an African Chiwara
headdress worn by the Bamani of Mali, during dance ceremonies
that are designed to inspire young farmer to produce healthy crops.
The seat is called an Asante stool. Which has a rich and meaningful
symbolism, associated with the people of Ghana. The curtains were
designed using African fabric.
make an escape with a
good book or just to
wind down at the end of
the day than under a
canopy decorated with a
mudcloth Fabric from
Mali. In this living room
an Elephant headdress
from Cameroon was
added for protection and
good luck. While this
may be a little extreme, it
is a good example of how
African fabric is being
incorporated into the
design of homes in
America.
