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Film, Video Kanga Stories

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Title

  • Kanga Stories

Summary

  • Phyllis Ressler speaks about her book, "Kanga Stories," a collection of historic and contemporary information on textile trade, cultural exchange and history of East Africa. Since Kanga cloth was first produced in the mid 1800s, millions of people across East and Central Africa have treasured this textile for its designs and meaning. The value of the Kanga is closely tied to culture and context and is linked to innumerable life stories.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2014-10-30.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  history, textile trade, cultural exchange, East Africa, Kanga cloth, Central Africa, African History

Notes

  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation.
  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  Phyllis Ressler.
  • -  Recorded on 2014-10-30.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689564

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. Kanga Stories. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-30, 2014. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689564/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division, S. B. (2014) Kanga Stories. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-30. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689564/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. Kanga Stories. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-30, 2014. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021689564/>.