Experts say this will protect the heritage of the cloth and help to boost financial and economic opportunities for Ghana's Kente weavers PROUDLY GHANAIAN: Two Ashanti noblemen in Kumasi, Ghana, wear ...

Ghana is taking a bold step in making an unprecedented move to protect “Kente”, its centuries-old handwoven fabric, by establishing stronger intellectual property rights and geographical indication ...

Kente cloth, the vibrant woven fabric originating from the Ashanti, Akan, and Ewe people of Ghana, has long symbolized wealth, royalty, and tribal identity. Over time, its cultural significance has ...

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 ...

Q: I’ve seen fashion designers promoting clothing based on kente cloth from Ghana. Is it insensitive for non-Ghanaians to wear it? —Lilia Morris | New York City Colorful kente cloth—made of handwoven ...

play videoNana Amma Prempeh has been honoured with a special type of kente, woven in her name The people and traditional authorities of Bonwire, the historic home of Ghana’s iconic Kente cloth, have ...

Ghanaian leaders likely wore the Kente cloth in the 1700s and 1800s when they were part of the slave trade, but it was not a mark of a slave trader. The cloth took on its modern meaning of black ...

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, ...