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 ...

Each kente cloth design is a unique combination of these colors and patterns, creating a visual story that reflects the wearer's heritage, beliefs, and life experiences.

The name kente suggests "a plant" in Swahili as well as describes the fact that this cloth is frequently weaved from the stalks of the plant called the kente fallen leave. Kente towels are mostly ...

Colorful kente cloth—made of handwoven silk and cotton—has been part of Ghanaian tradition for hundreds of years. The colors and patterns in any given piece tell a story.

When a group of Democratic legislators donned kente cloth at the unveiling of legislation aimed at police brutality, critics weighed in. Here's a look at kente cloth — and the controversy.

Congressional Democrats wore stoles made of Kente cloth during a moment of silence for George Floyd, drawing criticism from observers who felt they made the traditional African textile into a ...

paddled two foot-treadles and worked school-bus yellow thread into a kente cloth pattern last week, onlookers around him marveling. This art had been his full-time trade in his native village of ...

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 ...

The Hoyas’ new duds feature the kente-cloth pattern that the school’s basketball team helped popularize during the Allen Iverson era and will be painted in the lanes on both ends of Georgetown ...

Congressional Democrats are being criticized over the stoles made of Kente cloth -- a traditional African textile -- they wore during a moment of silence for George Floyd.

Congressional Democrats wore stoles made of Kente cloth during a moment of silence for George Floyd, drawing criticism from observers who felt they made the traditional African textile into a ...