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...She uses west African wax-printed fabric and Kente cloth to quilt vibrant textile images of African-American subjects, telling stories of black identity that she feels compelled to put into the world....
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...Rather than using the dazzling geometric patterns of Kente cloth, for which Ghana is famed, Ms Ayensu takes her aesthetic inspiration from traditional wax-print fabrics from the south of the country....
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