The members, dressed in West African kente cloth to protest Trump after reports he called some African nations "shithole countries," sat stone-faced and unmoved. “Unemployment claims have ...

These cloths also happened to be diapers — reusable cloth diapers, to be specific. When I asked my neat-freak father, Richard Thomas, why cloth diapers have been his rag of choice for 45 years ...

He is the convener of the Rights of Nature Ghana Movement. Asante kente is a cloth that embodies the cultural heritage and history of the Asante people. The Asantes are a major ethnic group in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beyond its cultural roots, the preparation of Kente cloth is a masterclass in authenticity and artistry. Cotton is hand-harvested, spun into thread with a spindle, and wound onto bobbins.

For the first time, he didn’t build it around the traditional fabric; only a third of the looks featured Kente cloth. “We are able to do unisex pieces and feminine pieces even though we have ...

Leela Willard is driven to help people in marginalized communities have access to better mental health care. Willard got into becoming a therapist after she went to a mental health care conference ...

Willard became a therapist at Kente Circle after she went to a mental health care conference hosted by the organization. They said it was the first time they had a feeling that being a therapist ...

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." ...

As the name suggests, Loua’s pieces center around the iconic Ghanaian textile Kente cloth. For him, the brand speaks to a wider goal of preserving yet modernizing ancient traditions and practices.