The Quiz: In Nigerian fashion, what is a dashiki?
A shirt
A dress
A hat
A cape
In the Hausa and Yoruba languages, “dashiki” means “shirt.” Across West Africa, men commonly wear the colorful shirts, which are known as “kitenges” in East Africa. There are both formal and informal versions of dashikis, but they are almost always highly detailed and colorful. Dashikis are often accompanied by pants and a brimless Kufi cap.
The correct answer to this quiz is A shirt.