while East Africa’s Kitenge is popular for women’s dresses and skirts. West African countries are synonymous with the Dashiki, a colorful and patterned shirt often paired with Sokoto trousers.

[Jonah Onyango, Standard] A mainstay of African fashion, the Kitenge, wax hollandais or ... The dashiki is a pull-over outfit – either as a shirt or dress - with the V-shaped pattern forming ...

President Uhuru Kenyatta has long been known to wear colourful kitenge shirts, so much that it is not odd when one of his vibrant shirts causes a stir each time he holds a press briefing.