One such fashion design is the Ankara gown. So ... difference between Ankara and Kitenge? Ankara and Kitenge are the same name for the African print cotton fabric. East Africans call it Kitenge ...

[Jonah Onyango, Standard] A mainstay of African fashion, the Kitenge, wax hollandais or Ankara fabric holds up a mirror to history. “Riotously colourful, densely patterned, and unassailably ...

Chioma Inyang set out to design an African wedding dress made with African prints fabric known as ‘Ankara’. This was, to everyone’s dismay, sparking various kinds of reactions on social media.