The Ministry of Tourism. Arts and Culture (MoTAC) has announced that the craftsmanship of Ghana's traditional woven textile, Kente, has been inscribed onto the UNESCO Representative List of ...

Even within Ghana, its capacity to cut across ethnic divisions and instill a sense of national pride is extraordinary. Indeed, kente represents a significant cultural symbol that seems to bring ...

We in Ghana have absolute confidence in our fashion sense. We also happen to believe that the most beautiful and most dramatic fabric on this Earth is the kente, which is, of course, Ghanaian.

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 ...

Amma Prempeh, who is currently Ghana’s Kente Ambassador, also has ties with the Asantehene, as she is a descendant of the Asantehene Otumfuo Agyeman Prempeh I.

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 ...

Getty Images Kente is often woven from silk and cotton It is associated with the Ashanti people in central Ghana and is linked with special occasions as it is expensive to make. The skills of the ...

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 ...