The people and traditional authorities of Bonwire, the historic home of Ghana’s iconic Kente cloth, have honoured Amma ...
Ghanaian textiles evoke powerful emotions. They also symbolize some of the most fundamental human ideals and cultural values. They can cut across ethnic divisions and instill a sense of national pride ...
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 painstaking ...
Ghana's ‘Kente Culture Story Documentary Film’, projecting the importance of Kente to Ghanaians and Black Africans has been celebrated on the world stage. Showcasing Ghana's rich cultural heritage, ...
- 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 ...
A new exhibit at Cal State Dominguez Hills will explore how one textile became a symbol of unity among African cultures. “Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity” will feature ...
Idris Elba looked mighty fine in his kente cloth drip while attending the first Akwasidae Festival of the year in Ghana Feb. 5. The British actor, 50, donned a kente draping that slightly revealed ...
Virgil Abloh's kente-inspired designs formed part of Louis Vuitton's Paris fashion show in January In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the ...
Ghanaian textiles evoke powerful emotions. They also symbolize some of the most fundamental human ideals and cultural values. They can cut across ethnic divisions and instill a sense of national pride ...