The Kente Celebration has deep institutional history and is an important experience for our multicultural students. The kente cloth is a traditional African cloth – the colors and design hold a ...
Beyond its cultural roots, the preparation of Kente cloth is a masterclass in authenticity and artistry. Cotton is hand-harvested, spun into thread with a spindle, and wound onto bobbins.
Time was when the kente was a strictly royal cloth reserved only for the most special of occasions and the elite of Ghanaian societies. Today the kente is widely available to all of us ...
Kente, Ghana’s famous hand-woven cloth has become the best-known and most widely recognized of all African textiles. For Ghanaians, kente cloth epitomizes the finest creativity; far transcending ...
Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and other Democratic lawmakers were draped in scarves made from a cloth of colourful geometric Ghanaian designs called kente. It turned ...
Ghana also presented a big Kente Cloth to the UN in New York and UNESCO in Paris. In contemporary times the wearing of Kente is democratized. Kente is often seen at graduation ceremonies ...