Kente is a prestigious royal cloth of Ghana's Asante people ... The Conversation Africa spoke to African art and culture researcher Dickson Adom about the origins of this world-famous textile.

the cloth attracts people from all over the world. Kente is so popular in West Africa and around the world that buyers from Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, and more travel to Ghana to buy it for resale.

Within Ghana, kente designs are used for specific ... such as graduations and funerals, as long as the cloth itself was handwoven in Africa. When designers make abstract patterns based on the ...

More than fabric, African textiles are a medium of storytelling, weaving cultural narratives through intricate patterns and ...

LEADERSHIP IN TRANSITION When the village chief returns after a long silence, he does not beat empty drums mdash;he comes ...

In line with revered royal customs, the Asantehene wore a distinctive kente cloth, exclusive to the Ashanti stool and its revered occupant. Nana Akurogu Ameyaw Santamire II, the Asantehene’s ...

At the Social Security Administration, lawyers, statisticians and other high-ranking agency officials are being sent from the Baltimore headquarters to regional offices to replace veteran claims ...

The Kente Celebration symbolizes and commemorates the rite of passage for learners and scholars who are transitioning from institutions of higher learning to the next chapter of their lives. The Kente ...

Now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston through March 26, 2006, "West African Gold ... of a second coveted genre of Ghanaian art, hand-woven kente cloth. The Akan gold in the exhibition ...