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 ...

UNESCO has added Ghana’s Kente cloth to its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The famous material comes from the Asante and Ewe people of Ghana and dates back to ...

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 ...

In recent years, there has been an increase in the wearing of local prints, predominantly on days like Fridays, and in special instances like throughout March in celebration of Ghana Month.

It is the most popular and best known of all African textiles. Originally, royalty exclusively wore kente but since Ghana’s independence from Britain in 1957 kente has become a symbol of national ...

The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry has announced that Ghana’s Kente has been added to UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity under the 2003 Convention on ...

The Ghana Tourism Authority also launched ... “He wrapped himself in kente and wore the smock to draw more attention to them. This, in turn, helped promote, appreciate, and encourage the wearing ...