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A loose shirt that turns pride into a pattern and wears it loud.
means A colorful, loose-fitting pullover shirt, often patterned and with an embroidered V-neck collar, worn traditionally in West Africa and adopted widely as a symbol of African heritage.
from The word traveled from West Africa into English — most directly tied to the Yoruba 'danshiki,' itself possibly linked to the Hausa 'dan ciki,' meaning roughly 'shirt' or 'inner garment.' Some trace a deeper thread to Arabic 'daraa' or similar terms for a loose garment, though that connection is uncertain. The garment itself is older than any single word for it, worn across Yoruba and Hausa regions long before it crossed the Atlantic. It entered American English in the 1960s, carried by the Black pride and Pan-African movements, which turned a familiar West African garment into a worldwide emblem of cultural identity.
- origin
- derived from the Yoruba word danshiki
- roots
- based on Hausa working tunics from West Africa
- 60s surge
- became a Black pride symbol in America
- construction
- traditionally collarless, worn without buttons