Africa: how to take care of African fabrics

Ladybrille blogs about African fabrics ^[1]: “Ladies, especially those in Europe and America, have you ever tried buying African fabrics? They never seem to come with instructions! How frustrating is that? What do you do with them. Where is the back, where is the front? Should they be dry cleaned or machine washed? An online search generally comes up with scare information on just the basics of African fabrics. Well, I'm tired of the lack of the information!”