Kala · Dikenga Hoodie No. 02

from £49.90

Kala is the rising sun: birth, the first step, pure potential. In the dikenga cycle the new sun breaks the Kalunga line on the right-hand side, half risen, its first rays cutting upward into the dark. On this heavyweight black hoodie, the Kala emblem holds that exact moment in an embroidery-style print medallion of charcoal, ivory and pale gold: the instant before everything, when nothing has been spent and everything is still possible. Warm enough for the earliest departures. The piece for rebirths, first mornings and new chapters, hood up against the cold of the beginning.

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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. 02 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.