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Ghana's Kente cloth recognized as UNESCO cultural heritageThis global recognition under the 2003 Convention for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage highlights the cultural and ...
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Ghana’s iconic Kente cloth earns UNESCO recognitionUNESCO 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 ...
The finely woven material has become the defining symbol of Ghana and Ghanaians and, indeed, of Africa, and for Black people in general. Time was when the kente was a strictly royal cloth reserved ...
Originally, royalty exclusively wore kente but since Ghana’s independence ... Ordinary citizens wear it for special celebrations. The kente cloth has also become an important symbol for African ...
The recent inscription of Kente fabric, among other African items and practices into Unesco’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity is a milestone in the global ...
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