“The Kente Ceremony is a great, time-honored tradition at SUNY Cortland,” said Erin Boylan, executive director of alumni engagement. “With almost 800 students participating since 2002, it seemed ...

On June 8, Democratic members of Congress wearing kente cloths and face masks knelt in Emancipation Hall to memorialize Black lives lost to police brutality. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif ...

The first Kente cloth emerged about 500 years ago in the area of West Africa now known as Ghana. The dominant group were the Ashanti, who, by the early 1800s, controlled nearly all of the area of ...

The Kente Celebration will take place on Saturday, April 5, 2025 in the Corey Union Function Room. Check in starts at 4 p.m. and the celebration will begin at 5 p.m. The Kente Celebration symbolizes ...

Democrats Rock Kente Cloth On Capitol Hill & Black Twitter Has Questions Speaker Pelosi and dem took a knee for George Floyd but got some side-eye for their African accessories.

Some designers promote fashion lines based on kente cloth from Ghana. Illustration by Adriana Bellet. Q: I’ve seen fashion designers promoting clothing based on kente cloth from Ghana.

Doreen St. Félix writes about the wearing of African kente stoles by Democratic members of Congress—including Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer—as they introduced the Justice in Policing Act of ...

The Daily Show's Trevor Noah absolutely eviscerated Nancy Pelosi and prominent Democrats for donning kente cloths ahead of their George Floyd tribute. Watch Trevor Noah take down Pelosi here.

The exhibit on Kente will be open until June 26 at 1722 E. 17th Terrace. The Black Archives is a nonprofit and is always open to submission ideas. You can visit the Black Archives website here.

An illustration of the Ananse whose web creation inspired the creation of Asante Kente. Credit: Dickson Adom, Bonwire, August 2020. From Sage Open (2024). DOI: 10.1177/21582440231224780 ...

The Miami Police on Thursday unveiled a Black History Month-inspired vehicle wrap that features the pan-African colors, outlines of the African continent, raised fists and kente cloth.