As the vibrantly patterned kente travels out of Africa, a new designation aims to protect its ties to Ghana, where the cloth ...

Kente cloth and the vibrant prints based on its patterns are everywhere: in black churches as narrow columns of colorful fabric cascading over the shoulders of chorus members; on crowded urban streets ...

Modern designers are reimagining Kente by mixing it with other fabrics and styles. From sleek dresses to tailored suits, the possibilities are endless. These interpretations keep the essence of ...

- 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 ...

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.

In his native Ghana, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa always knew that kente cloth had a special significance. “It was always around, but not something to be seen on a daily basis. It used to be for very, very ...

The Ypsilanti District Library is currently displaying "Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity." The traveling exhibit has been made possible through "NEH on the Road" - a ...

Some wear it as a badge of honor, others because the distinctive colors and geometric prints are just plain good looking. Then there are those for whom kente fills both bills. Kente – say KEHN-tay – ...

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 ...

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.