SURFACE DESIGN TEXTURE: AN INDISPENSABLE ELEMENT OF DESIGN FOR AFRICAN PRINTED FABRICS

Abstract

African wax printed fabrics that comprise of Dutch wax printed fabrics, English wax printed fabrics, Ghana wax prints, Togo prints, Cote d’Ivoire prints, Nigeria prints, imitation fancy wax prints from China and so many others known as Ankara are decorated with different bold bright colourful designs accentuated by intricate designs found at the background. These wax prints have been adopted as one of African traditional garbs and sold both in the markets and shops across the whole of Africa. Now and then newer designs keep evolving and many people keep purchasing them because of some properties which they possess.