Kanga
2008
Produced in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
Designed to honor the 2008 election of President Barack Obama, this kanga is also a celebration of his East African connections. Kenyans express a great sense of pride in Obama’s family roots there—very similar to that felt by Chicagoans. He was the first sitting American president to visit Kenya, and his beloved “Granny Sarah” undoubtedly owned and wore kanga cloths in her hometown village of Kogelo in western Kenya.
Cotton, plain weave; printed