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Virgil Abloh's kente-inspired designs formed part of Louis Vuitton's Paris fashion show in January In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the ...
Undoubtedly, one of Ghana’s cherished and priced heritage is Kente. It is a woven cloth with many beautiful brightly-patterned colours with different meanings. Its origin has been traced to the ...
UNESCO has added Ghana’s Kente cloth to its ... over the world for its vivid hues, elaborate designs, and profound symbolic connotations, Kente embodies the Ghanaian people’s ingenuity and ...
Do we want to protect the various Kente designs or do we want to make the word “Kente” synonymous with Ghana?” Her comments come at a time when there have been calls for provisions to ...
Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and other Democratic lawmakers were draped in scarves made from a cloth of colourful geometric Ghanaian designs called kente. It turned ...
The colors and patterns in any given piece tell a story. Within Ghana, kente designs are used for specific occasions and are even protected by law. Diana Baird N’Diaye, a cultural specialist at ...
We are pressed on conserving not only the traditions of Ghana but also the striking moments ... creatives behind the three popular textile designs in the Ghanaian market – “Fellow Ghanaians ...
Mr Kwaku said high quality piece of kente with modern and sophisticated designs which sold for 400 Ghana cedis now go for 500 Ghana cedis. The less sophisticated designs that sold for about 350 Ghana ...
The King of Kologo Music and Ghana's celebrated traditional musician, King Ayisoba, is appealing to all Ghanaians home and abroad to honor their mothers with a Kente or Batakari cloth as they ...
Virgil Abloh's kente-inspired designs formed part of Louis Vuitton's Paris fashion show in January In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the ...
Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and other Democratic lawmakers were draped in scarves made from a cloth of colourful geometric Ghanaian designs called kente. It turned ...
We in Ghana have absolute confidence in our fashion sense. We also happen to believe that the most beautiful and most dramatic fabric on this Earth is the kente, which is, of course, Ghanaian.