Luvemba jet black hoodie worn by a model, embroidery-style Kongo emblem printed as a chest crest, Dikenga Collection by Bana Bilaka

Luvemba — Dikenga Hoodie No. 04

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Luvemba jet black hoodie worn by a model, embroidery-style Kongo emblem printed as a chest crest, Dikenga Collection by Bana Bilaka

Luvemba — Dikenga Hoodie No. 04

£49.90
Sale price  £49.90 Regular price 
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Luvemba is the setting sun: the passage toward the world of the ancestors, the moment a life becomes transmission. The dikenga does not look away from this hour; it honours it. On this heavyweight black hoodie, the Luvemba emblem shows the sun sinking at the left of the Kalunga line, half below the water, rendered in warm white and silver grey as an embroidery-style print medallion, its afterglow stretching gently across the field. A hoodie worn like a keepsake: warm, quiet, carried for the ones who crossed before you, for the names you bear, for everything they handed down that still moves in you. The cycle teaches one certainty above all: nothing ends.


(Français)

Luvemba est le soleil couchant : le passage vers le monde des ancêtres, l'instant où une vie devient transmission. Le dikenga ne détourne pas le regard de cette heure, il l'honore. Sur ce hoodie noir épais, l'emblème Luvemba montre le soleil qui s'enfonce à gauche de la ligne Kalunga, à demi sous l'eau, en médaillon imprimé effet broderie blanc chaud et gris argent, sa dernière lueur s'étirant doucement. Un hoodie porté comme un souvenir : chaud, silencieux, pour ceux qui ont traversé avant toi, pour les noms que tu portes, pour tout ce qu'ils ont transmis et qui vit encore en toi. Le cycle n'enseigne qu'une certitude : rien ne finit.

Ce que ça signifie / What it means

In Kongo cosmology, life is one sun moving through four moments: conceived at midnight (Musoni), born at dawn (Kala), at full strength at noon (Tukula), passed to the world of the ancestors at dusk (Luvemba). This cycle is the dikenga: one sun, four moments, and the Kalunga line, the water threshold between the worlds, which the cycle crosses without ever stopping.

Un seul soleil, quatre moments, et la ligne Kalunga, ce seuil d'eau entre les mondes, que le cycle traverse sans jamais s'arrêter. D'après la cosmologie kongo documentée par K.K. Bunseki Fu-Kiau, African Cosmology of the Bântu-Kôngo.

Part of Collection 01 · Dikenga : The Four Suns. Emblème No. 04 of 5.

Fabric & Fit

AWDis Just Hoods JH001 College Hoodie: 80% ringspun cotton, 20% polyester, 280 gsm with a soft brushed inner fleece. Double-fabric hood, kangaroo pouch pocket, ribbed cuffs and hem. The emblem is an embroidery-style print on the chest. Colour: Jet Black. Regular fit, true to size.

Size Guide (cm)

Size Half chest Body length Sleeve length
S 51 67 59
M 56 70 60.5
L 61 73 62
XL 65 76 63.5
2XL 69 79 65
3XL 73 82 66.5

Official AWDis size guide, tolerance plus or minus 2 cm.

Shipping & Returns

Printed to order in the UK · dispatched in 2–5 working days · UK delivery 3–7 days. 30-day returns. Wash inside out, do not iron the print.

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