Home News News Detail 03/12/2019 In 1994, six SUNY Cortland seniors of color gathered with their families the day before graduation to proudly, and for the first time at the College, don a woven, ...

Faculty, staff or administrators at SUNY Cortland who demonstrate support for students of color and are involved in diversity and inclusion initiatives are nominated to receive an honorary Kente stole ...

TaMara Howard shares her quilting projects featuring Kente textile designs. TaMara Howard, owner of Folk Quilts, describes the centuries-old history of the colorful and symbolic Ghanaian textile ...

Colorful kente cloth—made of handwoven silk and cotton—has been part of Ghanaian tradition for hundreds of years. The colors and patterns in any given piece tell a story.

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 ...

Africa 's textile heritage is a colorful tapestry of history, culture, and artistry. The continent's diverse textile techniques, passed down generations, reflect cultural identities of various ...