So check this out, Kente cloth was worn by the Ashanti. It's made of silk so the affluent wore it. The Ashanti were also known as slave owners and traders. Huh?” Dave Brandon posted on Facebook ...

Kente cloth is believed to have been produced as early as 1000 B.C. among the Akan and Ewe peoples of Western African in modern-day Ghana and Togo, according to the African American Intellectual ...

Kente is a prestigious royal cloth of Ghana's Asante people, part of their historical and cultural heritage. But there's a debate about where it originated: the Bonwire community or the Adanwomase ...

A kente cloth from my late grandfather, in the design called Aberewa Bene (meaning “wise old lady”), has hung in my parents’ living room for decades. (Courtesy of Kweku Embil) (Courtesy of ...

When you discover that kente cloth — real kente cloth, woven by hand, not the machine-made version — is the same both front and back, you learn something about the integrity of a textile that ...

More likely it will be known as the Kente Cloth Bill. The lawmakers draped themselves in kente cloth stoles for the public spectacle of presenting their reform handiwork to their constituents ...

Q: I’ve seen fashion designers promoting clothing based on kente cloth from Ghana. Is it insensitive for non-Ghanaians to wear it? —Lilia Morris | New York City Colorful kente cloth—made of ...

Without bias, the true origins of Kente cloth trace back to the Ewe people, specifically from the town of Notsie, located in modern-day Togo. Among the Ewes, the cloth was originally known as "K3t3." ...

The kente cloth is a traditional African cloth – the colors and design hold a specific meaning. It is the most popular and best known of all African textiles. Originally, royalty exclusively wore ...

As Juneteenth approaches, a new exhibit at the Black Archives of Mid-America is educating visitors on a long-standing tradition.