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Kente cloth and the vibrant prints based on its patterns are everywhere: in black churches as narrow columns of colorful fabric cascading over the shoulders of chorus members; on crowded urban ...
Amma Prempeh, recently appointed Kente Ambassador, is taking proactive steps to revitalise Ghana's kente weaving industry at ...
Kente cloth has been a cloth of royalty. Its hand made woven process is what makes it rare and expensive. We wear it, we love it, but most of us have little clue of what the symbols and patterns mean.
E.L, the Afrobeats singer and rapper, is picky about his kente. A fabric of the Asante people, one of Ghana’s largest ethnic groups, it has been handmade from silk and cotton on looms with ...
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 ...
Ms Ohene, who is also a member of the Ghana @50 Secretariat said the kente fabric should not be viewed as a celebration cloth only but a fabric that could be used to make various apparels.
But Kente cloth is also a rich cultural story and kind of lets them know about that storytelling tradition. How important is it to let kids see, feel, touch and learn about these things?
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 ...
Members of Congressional Black Caucus for US bin use traditional Kente fabric, wey come from Ghana, to make scarves and ties wear go President Donald Trump first State of di Union address on ...
Kente outfits have come to stay. It symbolizes our rich culture and traditions and plays a great part in holy matrimony. Over the years, brides and even grooms wear the Kente fabric for their ...