UNESCO has added Ghana’s Kente cloth to its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The famous material comes from the Asante and Ewe people of Ghana and dates back to ...

CEO of Groovy Thread Ebenezer Obeng Mireku has redefined fashion in Ghana and beyond through innovation, storytelling, and a deep commitment to his craft.

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.

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 ...

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.

Modern kente is characterised by intricately woven and richly colourful geometric designs. You are most likely to see it in bold shades of yellow, blue, green, red and orange.

There are two main strands of kente in Ghana representing two ethnic groups - the Ashanti and the Ewe (among whom the cloth is in fact known as kete). I am convinced the Ewe version is the more ...

A leading lawyer in Intellectual Property law says even though protecting Ghana’s intellectual property rights in Kente will not be a simple task, it can be done. Mrs. Susan-Barbara Adjorkor ...

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 ...