Weavers of traditional Kente cloth at Bonwire in the Ashanti Region are prevailing on the government to provide them with a dedicated working space and a local thread factory. Their requests come as ...

The Kente Weavers Association in Techiman in the Bono East Region have commended former Second Lady Samira Bawumia for her taste in locally-made products. Susana Bamila, a Kente weaver and former ...

- 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 ...

The 2023 Kente Weaving Expo has been launched in the Volta Regional capital, Ho, with a call on the government to pay more attention to the weaving industry in the country. The launch event, was under ...

Ashanti weaving is a traditional craft from Ghana's Ashanti region, famous for its intricate patterns and vibrant colors ...

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 ...

The Bonwire Kente weavers have called on the government to declare a National Kente Day to promote indigenous textiles This comes after the government declared Wednesday a National Fugu Day, intending ...

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 ...

The recent inscription of Kente fabric, among other African items and practices into Unesco’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity is a milestone in the global ...

In this retelling of a tale from Ghana, a wondrous spider shows two Ashanti weavers how to make intricate, colorful patterns in the cloth that they weave. https ...

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 ...