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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 ...

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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 ...

Police escorted an 18-year-old merit scholar out of his Elk Grove high school graduation Tuesday for refusing to remove his kente cloth, a traditional Ghanaian silk and cotton fabric.

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.

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 ...

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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 ...