She said in Tooro culture barkcloth is considered a fundamental piece of identity and heritage which she called on other tribes to join the kingdom and promote it. Tooro queen mother calls for ...

Anessi's Barkcloth Art (1982) Posted: February 20, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025. The film follows a 12-year-old girl named Agnesi Aafi from the Kingdom of Tonga, as she prepares for her ...

Barkcloth is such a crucial part of Ugandan culture that in 2008, UNESCO declared it a "Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage." The title encourages communities to protect and ...

A trade passed on from generation to generation, barkcloth making is one of those skills that define the Ganda culture. Unfortunately the tradition is fading in most communities as barkcloth ...

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The jacket is both a document of an indigenous culture (barkcloth) and of an encounter with empire (the Victorian official in his reefer jacket) that was to prove disastrous for that culture ...

Kampala — THE intense earthy brownness of Uganda's barkcloth not only inspires style, but also awakens memories of the ancient. The barkcloth industry in Uganda is traced back to the 14th Century.

With the introduction of cotton cloth by Arab caravan traders in the 19th century, production slowed and eventually faded out, limiting the use of barkcloth to cultural and spiritual functions.

Culture is who we are, and what shapes our identity. ... In Uganda, a project to safeguard intangible heritage trained craftspeople, especially youth, in the ancient craft of barkcloth making. The ...

Until February 2010 Exploring the uniqueness, breadth and aesthetic strength of barkcloth.

She said in Tooro culture barkcloth is considered a fundamental piece of identity and heritage which she called on other tribes to join the kingdom and promote it.