The Bark Cloth Annual Festival, the first one of its kind, was held in Kiwangala, Masaka District.Kiwangala is also the cultural heartland of the bark cloth,which makes it a symbol of creativity, ...

In Uganda, designers are trying to revive interest in a cloth people there have been wearing for the past 600 or more years. “Bark cloth” is made from just that, the inner bark of the mutuba tree — a ...

With both hands, he scrapes the bark of the tree as he quickly collects the peelings. He does so with precision, cautious that his mentor is looking on. As Paul Bukenya Katamira supervises the mentee, ...

Creating bark cloth art involves several techniques, like stripping, soaking, and beating the bark into thin sheets. The ...

Old really is gold for budding designer Jose Hendo, who is reviving an ancient material for the catwalks of Kampala. She’s turning bark cloth, a fabric fashioned from trees in Uganda for over 600 ...