Commemorative Fabrics

This cloth has a bold red background interspersed with black lines. The main design is made up of hexagrams, with the center featuring one of the following currency symbols in …

Fabric commemorating Ghana's 50th anniversary of independence. This cloth features a light cream colored background, divided into squares. The other colors, which are red, green, yellow and black, are from …

Cloth commemorating the death of Nelson Mandela. A brown cloth with a white dot pattern featuring large alternating portraits of Nelson Mandela.

This cloth features a diamond pattern, with the center design displaying the letters of the alphabet. The diamonds at the top and bottom count from one to nine. The top …

Cloth celebrating the contributions of rural women to agriculture in Cameroon. The cloth features the names of the ten Cameroonian provinces, along with important agricultural products such as bananas, plantains, …

This fabric commemorates the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions. The fabric displays a green, yellow, and black pattern against a white background. The fabric features the AfLIA emblem …

Cloth commemorating the Liberian anniversary of independence. This cloth features two large black-and-white portraits of the President of the Republic of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on the left, and the …

Fabric commemorating Nguon, the festival celebrating traditional Bamoun culture which takes place in Foumban, Cameroon. The cloth has a blue backdrop with various Bamoun symbols and images. This includes an …

This fabric displays strong horizontal orange bars around which are intertwined loops of green and periwinkle. In the green and periwinkle loops can be seen different sizes of padlocks. This …

At the center of this cloth is an image of two presumably Brazilian players in yellow jerseys (Ronaldo on the left) kissing the World Cup. The portrait border is done …

This fabric promotes the political party known as Union des Forces Démocratiques de Guinée (UFDG). It shows support for Cellou Dalein Diallo, the UFDG candidate for Guinea’s 2010 presidential election. …

Cloth made for the third and final conference held for the U.N. declared Decade of Women (1976-1985) held in Nairobi, Kenya, July 1985. Text: UN Decade for Women Conference; July …

Fabric commemorating the African Women’s Association of Madison, Inc. The cloth features the association’s emblem in a repeating pattern on a purple background. The emblem is outlined in green and …

Fabric commemorating the death of Nelson Mandela. A red cloth with a white geometric pattern featuring large repeating portraits of Nelson Mandela, along with his signature. The border circling the …

Fabric commemorating a 1981 agreement known as the Senegambie Confederation between Senegal President Abdou Diouf and Gambia President Dawda Jawara. The cloth features portraits of these two leaders, Jawara on …

Cloth promoting the Catholic Women Organization of Nigeria. The center of the cloth features a portrait of Mary and baby Jesus, with a banner beneath proclaiming: Through Mary our Mother …

Asante nsaduaso (Kente cloth) are given names related to the specific color and pattern of stripes used in the groundcloth. These names may reference historical events, important chiefs or Queen …

Dictator Mobutu as premier Citoyen du Congo, first citizen of Congo, in medallions edged with laurel wreath on commemorative cloth. Mobutu was President of Zaire/ Democratic Republic of Congo from …

Commemorative cloth of Armando Emilio Guebuza, president in Mozambique on behalf of the Frelimo party. He was elected in 2004, and re-elected in 2009. This cloth was made for the …

Abdou Diouf was president of Senegal from 1981-2000. This portrait cloth adorns the front cover of the book Faber wrote on commemorative cloths, Long Live the President (2010). Such cloths …