▁that ▁could ▁be ▁removed ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁cl othing ▁could ▁be ▁taken ▁apart ▁and ▁the ▁ass orted ▁pieces ▁la under ed ▁separately . ▁The ▁tight - locked ▁st itch es ▁made ▁by ▁home ▁se wing ▁machines , ▁and ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁Western ▁cl othing ▁patterns , ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁movement ▁towards ▁we aring ▁Western - style ▁cl othing ▁during ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁Western ▁se wing ▁and ▁cl othing ▁styles ▁were ▁dis sem in ated ▁in ▁sub - S ah aran ▁Africa ▁by ▁Christian ▁mission aries ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 8 3 0 s ▁on ward . ▁Ind igen ous ▁cult ures , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Z ulu ▁and ▁T sw ana , ▁were ▁ind o ctr in ated ▁in ▁the ▁Western ▁way ▁of ▁dress ▁as ▁a ▁sign ▁of ▁conversion ▁to ▁Christian ity . ▁First ▁Western ▁hand ▁se wing ▁techniques , ▁and ▁later ▁machine ▁se wing , ▁spread ▁throughout ▁the ▁regions ▁where ▁the ▁European ▁colon ists ▁settled . ▁However , ▁a ▁recent ▁exam ination ▁of ▁new ▁online ▁learning ▁methods ▁demonstrated ▁that ▁technology ▁can ▁be ▁adapted ▁to ▁share ▁knowledge ▁of ▁a ▁culture ' s ▁traditional ▁se wing ▁methods . ▁Using ▁self - p ac ed ▁online ▁tutorials , ▁a ▁Mal ay ▁se wing ▁class ▁learned ▁how ▁to ▁tail or ▁and ▁se w ▁a ▁traditional ▁men ' s ▁B aju ▁Kur ung ▁gar ment ▁in ▁ 3 ▁days , ▁whereas ▁a ▁traditional ▁Mal ay ▁se wing ▁class ▁would ▁have ▁taken ▁ 5 ▁days ▁to ▁teach ▁the ▁same ▁information . ▁ ▁Adv