A California high school student was forcibly removed from his own graduation for wearing a kente cloth around his shoulders as he crossed the stage. 18-year-old Elk Grove resident Nyree Holmes ...

ELK GROVE, Calif. — A high school senior was escorted by sheriff’s deputies from a graduation ceremony after he walked across the stage wearing traditional African dress. Nyree Holmes, a merit ...

Weaving kente cloth is a cultural tradition of the Asante (also known as Ashanti) people, and these fabrics were originally used exclusively to dress kings and their courts. Each block, pattern, and ...

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Taking to her social media handles, the actress revealed that the husband and wife team at Pitis GH, Kabutey and Sumaiya, spent 1000 hours constructing the gown of beaded kente cloth for her.

Nyree Holmes, 18, of California said he was removed during Consumnes Oaks High School's graduation ceremony on Tuesday after he refused to take off his kente cloth.

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School officials did not take kindly to his decision, saying it violated graduation dress requirements. Holmes said one tried to persuade him to take the kente cloth off, and when Holmes refused ...

Kente cloth is known as nwentoma in Akan, and according to Ashanti mythology, was inspired by the intricate weaving of Anansi the Spider. Two Akan friends, enchanted by the design of the spider ...

ELK GROVE, Calif. — A high school senior was escorted by sheriff’s deputies from a graduation ceremony after he walked across the stage wearing traditional African dress. Nyree Holmes, a merit ...