Musoni · Dikenga Tee No. 01
Dikenga
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A silent film plays as you scroll, in five chapters. First, dawn: a man wearing the black Tukula tee, the camera moving into the red and gold sun over his heart. Second, noon: a luminous palace courtyard where master weavers work rich indigo and gold cloth. Third, dusk: a wide river at golden hour, the sun burning on the water. Fourth, night: points of light gathering into a ring. Fifth, the return: the tee resting on ivory linen, its sun at the centre. The five chapters are written out below, and the collections follow.
Wear African Greatness
Five suns of the Dikenga, printed on a tee or a hoodie built to outlast the season you bought it in.
The Cycle of the Dikenga
Five chapters, one sun
The Cycle Begins
The sun over his heart rises. Musoni, the first sun, the one you put on before the day asks anything of you.
The Weavers’ Palace
Kala at its highest. The looms hold the pattern long before a press ever prints it.
The Golden Crossing
Tukula crosses the water. This is the piece that carries the most, and it is the one that says the most.
Night of Rebirth
Luvemba under the stars. Two hoodies were cut for this hour, and the pattern reads from across a street.
Wear the Cycle
Kalunga closes the circle and opens it again. Nothing here is a set: it is our story, and it goes on through us.
Six collections
Tees and hoodies, made to order
Dikenga
The four suns and the crossing. The whole cycle, in a tee and in a hoodie.
10 pieces
Manden
The oath sworn at Kurukan Fuga, one article for each of its promises.
5 pieces
Grassfields
The toghu of the highlands, embroidered by hand for centuries, worn plainly today.
4 pieces
Twelve Flames
Twelve flames were drawn. Four are kept, the four that give light rather than heat.
4 pieces
Night Skies
Two hoodies cut for the night, in a weight you keep on indoors.
2 pieces
Essentials
What you put on without thinking, and what it still says for you.
11 pieces
Six pieces to start with
One sun each
Musoni · Dikenga Tee No. 01
Dikenga
from
£29.90
Maaya · Manden Tee No. 01
Manden
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£29.90
Akauku · Grassfields Tee No. 01
Grassfields
from
£34.90
Ntemo · Twelve Flames Tee No. 02
Twelve Flames
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£29.90
Tukula · Night Skies Hoodie No. 03
Night Skies
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£64.90
Adinkra Awakening · Unisex Tee
Essentials
from
£24.90
Why the clothes
Bana Bilaka means the childrenEvery tee and hoodie is printed on demand to reduce waste, shipped in compostable packaging, and made to outlast the season it was bought in.
The clothes are the medium. The story is the product.
Bana Bilaka Katiopa.
The letter from the house
A letter when a film comes out, when a piece reaches the shop, when the Academy opens. Nothing else, and you leave whenever you want.