Africa 's textile heritage is a colorful tapestry of history, culture, and artistry. The continent's diverse textile techniques, passed down generations, reflect cultural identities of various ...

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.

It is art, and art is expensive. The fabric comes with royalty. Also, Kente cloth is so special because each Kente pattern was unique and had its own name.

USA Today issued a fact check Tuesday on a Facebook post that claimed, “The Democrats wore kente scarfs and knelt down for their photo op. So check this out, Kente cloth was worn by the Ashanti.

Kente refers to fabrics made up of vibrant patterns and colors. Each pattern in the cloth tells a different story, many of which celebrate wisdom, unity or spirituality.

Kente is indigenous to the Asante kingdom, in what is now Ghana. Skilled artisans have been weaving the cloth for hundreds of years; its intricate pattern, a geometry of quadrangles and golden ...

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?

We in Ghana have absolute confidence in our fashion sense. We also happen to believe that the most beautiful and most dramatic fabric on this Earth is the kente, which is, of course, Ghanaian.

D.C. Sports Bog Shout-out to the Allen Iverson era! Georgetown’s new football uniforms feature kente-cloth pattern August 17, 2015 More than 9 years ago Summary By Scott Allen ...

She said the involvement of under-aged children in Kente weaving “grossly violate” international laws and Conventions on the Right of the Child to Education, and must be avoided. Mrs Mills said to ...