Mr. Akwasi Osei-Agyei, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, has appealed to the people of Bonwire to initiate strategies that would help to diversify the uses of the kente cloth in order to ...

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.

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, ...

In Ghana, Kente is a fabric made of strips that are woven from silk, cotton or rayon using horizontal looms. The age, social status and gender of users influence the choice of colour and design of the ...

Since the emergence of the novel Coronavirus in the country, Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been addressing the country on an almost weekly basis as he outlines the latest updates ...

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 ...

The fabric can represent resistance. Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, imprisoned for opposing British colonial rule, donned kente when he was released in 1951. Erieka Bennett, who leads the ...

Dr . Sanusi Zankawah, a Ghanaian international trade expert, says Ghana is on the brink of a rare and strategic opportunity to reclaim its position as a continental leader in textile and apparel ...

The Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Dzifa Abla Gomashie, says the arts and crafts industry holds the key to the development of tourism. She said the Ministry is much committed ...

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 ...