UNIPENDE USINIPENDE WEWE HUNIPI RIZIKI

MUNGU NI NURU YA PEKEE Means: "God is the only light" Morongoro Textile Tanzania Mali ya M.I. Adha Design number 138. It is a cotton polyester blend.

LIWALO NA LIWE means: 'Whatever the consequences' This is a NIDA textiles Khanga made in Tanzania.

MAHASIDI NIKOMENI means: "Enemies leave me alone" or 'Please, those who are malicious give me a break' The center is the leaf of a Baobob tree. The writing on the border says "MOUNTEX NANYUKI" Mountex is short for Mount Kenya Textile, which was built in the 1970s. But like the majority of clothing factories, Mountex’s downward spiral was activated by the influx of mitumba (Western used clothing) in the 1990s. It was placed under receivership, and finally had to shut its doors.

KISASI KIPO KWA MUNGU I think this might mean "Leave revenge to God" If you know a better translation, or rather, a correct one, please let me know in the comments and I will correct this.

MUNGU TUPE UPENDO PENZI LETU LIDUMU - made in Tanzania

MWENYE SIFA TELE NI MUNGU WA MILELE Makers mark says: URAFIKI TANZANIA PRINTED KHANGA FTC DES NO 75?

FURAHA YA IDD NAMSHUKURU MOLA means: "I thank the almighty for the joy of Idd" the makers mark on the lower right says: AHLAN WASAHLAN TANZANIA KHANGA MALI YA KRIKA D NO. 5093 I do not believe this one was made in Tanzania.

MUNGU TUPE AMANI NA UPENDO means: "God grant us peace and love" - made in Tanzania

NI CHUMU means: "Good luck" (Is good luck) Khanga Nzito Mali Ya Afritex Tanzania

HERI PANCHA YA PAJERO KULIKO RAFIKI MWENYE KERO means: "Better to have a car with a tire puncture than a troublesome friend." The printing on the border says, HAKUNA MATATA ZANZIBAR D.N. 9049

Full: Front A rectangular white cotton cloth with four borders of red and black floral motifs enclosing a repeating pattern of red and black floral motifs painted freehand and with the use of a stencil. The cloth was specially commissioned as part of a sequence illustrating the historical development of kanga design. © The Trustees of the British Museum

NAKUPENDA NAMA MENGI UMENI FANYA - made in Tanzania

The khanga, a vibrantly colored East African cloth, was created on the island of Zanzibar in the mid-1880s.

USILIE KWA MACHUNGU MOUMBE MUNGU means: Do not bewail your fate, instead seek God's help.

ALIYENIPA MIMI NI MUNGU MWANIONEA NINI UCHUNGU

One of my favorite aspects of Tanzanian clothing is the kanga, which is just a piece of cloth used as a woman's wrap.  Or curtain.  Or towel...

TUNAPENDA AFRICA YETU means: We love our Africa. I have pinned this exact design but in yellow and black before. Apparently one textile company swiped another's design, as the border markings on each one are different and on the yellow one the first word is spelled with an i in it - TUNAIPENDANA.

POKEA ZAWADI YA IDDI means, "Give a gift for this Id" Makers marker: KARIBU TEXTILE DNo.- 3341 - TANZANIA

KILA JAMBO NA WAKATI WAKE means: "Everything in its time." border says: Kanga Nzito -Mali ya Sunflag Tanzania D.No. (unreadable)