Kalunga · Dikenga Hoodie No. 05

from £49.90

Kalunga is the water threshold between the world of the living and the world of the ancestors: the line every sun of the dikenga must cross. Those who crossed the Atlantic carried it with them; by the tradition of the First African Baptist Church in Savannah, the cosmogram is found pierced into the floorboards of the church. On this heavyweight black hoodie, the Kalunga emblem burns a small gold sun in an indigo night above a bold silver water line, while below it the same sun breaks into shimmering fragments: not gone, reflected. The signature piece of the collection, made for the diaspora above all, now in its warmest form. The line connects, it does not separate.

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Size guide

Between two sizes, take the larger one: the cut is meant to fall loose. Measurements are on the chest, flat, in centimetres then inches.

Size	Half chest	Body length	Sleeve length
S	51	67	59
M	56	70	60.5
L	61	73	62
XL	65	76	63.5
2XL	69	79	65
3XL	73	82	66.5

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Where it is made United Kingdom and Europe: printed by Gelato, in the facility closest to your address.
United States: printed by Printify, with certified partners on American soil.

Delivery Delivery in 5 to 10 working days in the United Kingdom and Europe, 7 to 12 in the United States, 10 to 20 elsewhere. Two to four days of that are the making, because nothing is stocked.

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The story of the design

What it means

In Kongo cosmology, life is one sun moving through four moments: conceived at midnight (Musoni), born at dawn (Kala), at full strength at noon (Tukula), passed to the world of the ancestors at dusk (Luvemba). This cycle is the dikenga: one sun, four moments, and the Kalunga line, the water threshold between the worlds, which the cycle crosses without ever stopping.

After the Kongo cosmology documented by K.K. Bunseki Fu-Kiau, African Cosmology of the Bântu-Kôngo.

Part of Collection 01 · Dikenga · The Four Suns. Emblem No. 05 of 5.

Fabric & Fit

AWDis Just Hoods JH001 College Hoodie: 80% ringspun cotton, 20% polyester, 280 gsm with a soft brushed inner fleece. Double-fabric hood, kangaroo pouch pocket, ribbed cuffs and hem. The emblem is an embroidery-style print on the chest. Colour: Jet Black. Regular fit, true to size.

Official AWDis size guide, tolerance plus or minus 2 cm.