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...mples originate from [[Benin City]] and Nigeria.<ref>Christopher Spring, ''African Textiles'', (New York: Crescent) 1989, p. 3</ref> African textiles are a part of African [[cultural heritage]] that came to America along with the [[slave trade]].

{{Main|History of clothing and textiles}} Textiles have an assortment of uses, the most common of which are for [[clothing]] and containers such as bags and [[basket]]s. In the household, they are u

...wide range of textile and fashion applications. Modern bamboo clothing is clothing made from either 100% bamboo yarn or a blend of bamboo and cotton/organic c ...e such method of turning bamboo into yarn, creating new uses for bamboo in clothing.

...rn]], then [[fabric]], then [[textile]]s. These are then fabricated into [[clothing|clothes]] or other artifacts. [[Cotton]] remains the most important natura ...t task was done by the lower castes, and in the United States by slaves of African origin.

...recently been some attempts to grow bamboo on a commercial basis in the [[African Great Lakes|Great Lakes region]] of eastern-central [[Africa]], especially ...Bamboo |url=http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2009/08/11/companies-label-rayon-clothing-bamboo |date=11 August 2009 |publisher=GreenBiz.com |accessdate=12 August 2

...nasa.png|thumb|350px|left|upright=1.1|The distribution of wildfires on the African continent during the year 2002.|alt=An artificially colored satellite view ...l features small, green shubbery and some trees. A person in light-colored clothing in seen in the background, some distance from the flames.|A prescribed burn

*[[African cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma]] *[[African lymphadenopathic Kaposi sarcoma]]

|[[African trypanosomiasis|Sleeping sickness]] |sharing of clothing and bedding

==Ancient African use== ...y). Early [[Chinese classics]] have many references to using the plant for clothing, fiber, and food, but none to its psychotropic properties. Some researchers

...ion, more guns and ski masks. Investigation later revealed that the bloody clothing belonged to Buck, who had accidentally shot herself in the leg when she tri ...ry in a few select southern states that ideally would be populated only by African Americans.

...son to another; it is spread by spores. These spores can be transported by clothing or shoes. The dead body of an animal that died of anthrax can also be a so ...nvestigating the source and the possibility that it was contracted from an African drum recently used by the woman.<ref name="promedmail.org">[http://www.prom