Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hold a piece of kente cloth between your fingers, and the first thing you notice is likely the bright, saturated shades of yellow, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Among the narrow strip weaving ...

As the vibrantly patterned kente travels out of Africa, a new designation aims to protect its ties to Ghana, where the cloth originated. By Yola Mzizi Perhaps you’ve seen the kente cloth worn as a ...

- 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, known as nwentom in Akan, is a type of silk and cotton fabric made of interwoven cloth strips and is native to the Akan ethnic group of West Ghana. Kente is made in Akan lands such as Ashanti ...

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 ...

Kente is an indigenous Ghanaian textile that has won the hearts of many over the years. With its conspicuous colors and amazing designs, one can only wonder at the human ingenuity and creativity ...

The best metaphors come as naturally as sunrise; they aren’t forced or contrived. When you discover that kente cloth — real kente cloth, woven by hand, not the machine-made version — is the same both ...