KENTE, is one of Ghana’s best selling cultural products with its history dating as far back as centuries ago. Over the years, the craft has seen many evolutions but the good thing is that, Ghana’s ...
The 2023 Kente Weaving Expo has been launched in the Volta Regional capital, Ho, with a call on the government to pay more attention to the weaving industry in the country. The launch event, was under ...
Accra — Talking about Bonwire Kente brings to mind the renowned Ghanaian musicologist, Ephraim Amu, whose composition, "Akyinkyinakyinkyin ama mahu nneema" literally meaning, "traveling has exposed me ...
- Perched in the center of a long, narrow loom, Francis Marfoh paddled two foot-treadles and worked school-bus yellow thread into a kente cloth pattern last week, onlookers around him marveling. This ...
Kente is one of the most ubiquitous African fabrics in the world. It’s instantly recognisable, and is worn by many outside its roots among the Ashanti of Ghana. Rafiat Kasumu of Kente Masters ...
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 ...
Mrs Ernestina Naadu Mills, the First Lady, has warned against using under-aged children for Kente weaving. “I am a strong advocate for children to acquire sustainable livelihoods for the future, but ...
Six children aged between five and 11 years trafficked from neighbouring Togo are engaged in kente weaving at Godokpe in Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana. The children, who have been engaged in the ...
Hold a piece of kente cloth between your fingers, and the first thing you notice is likely the bright, saturated shades of yellow, red, blue, and green. You might observe several rows of patterns, ...
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