kikwembe

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noun

A type of wraparound cloth worn by women in the Congo.

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Meanings

nounkikwembe (plural kikwembe)
  1. A type of wraparound cloth worn by women in the Congo.

    "They were wearing kikwembe (a shawl worn by Congolese women) over their uniforms, and women's headscarves."

    2013 July 15, David Smith, The Guardian
    2 more examples

    Another younger woman, well-dressed in a full Zairian woman's kikwembe suit, came in with a smiling face, eager to see the child.

    1999, Nancy Rose Hunt, A Colonial Lexicon, page 292

    Beatrice had only one light blanket and a few kikwembe that she used for clothes, swaddling children, and lying on.

    2011, Jason K Stearns, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, Public Affairs, published 2012, page 37
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