Kente cloth is more than mere fashion, Embil and Kusimba said. It is a canvas upon which centuries of African people have told their stories. It can show rank or prestige.

Kente cloth, a brightly colored and intricately patterned traditional African fabric, can serve as a window into another culture.The cloth has been adopted into African American culture and is a ...

Virgil Abloh's kente-inspired designs formed part of Louis Vuitton's Paris fashion show in January In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the ...

Each occasion requires its very own special style of outfit, which is why beautiful kente cloth is a lot demanded for these events. Unlike several fabric practices in various other components of ...

The recent inscription of Kente fabric, among other African items and practices into Unesco’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity is a milestone in the global ...

Kente Cloth And Dance: Reviving A Dying ... Print. The heavy, colorful fabric from Ghana is worn mostly as a wrap – on the waist by ... I’ve seen African Americans in high office wear them ...

The beauty of African fabrics is catching the eye more and more of seamstresses both for attire and home decorating. ... Real Kente consists of narrow woven strips, ... Korhogo cloth, ...

Hold a piece of kente cloth between your fingers, and the first thing you notice is likely the bright, saturated shades of yellow, red, blue, and green. You might observe several rows of patterns, ...

SACRAMENTO, CA -- A graduating high school student from Elk Grove in Sacramento, Calif. was escorted out of his graduation ceremony because of a wardrobe choice. Nyree Holmes wore an African kente ...

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the global popularity of her country's fabric in the wake of it appearing in a Louis Vuitton fashion ...