International journalist and producer Amma Prempeh recently showcased her documentary, Ghana’s first Kente Culture Story ...

Introduction Ghana rsquo;s Volta Region, with its breath-taking landscapes, rich cultural heritage, and diverse tourism ...

A new exhibition at the Longyear Museum of Anthropology is bringing global textile traditions to the forefront.  “Unraveled: ...

The medical doctor and youth leader gave a detailed explanation about the meaning of the designs in his unique kente ensemble ... A spider web and Afokena were also featured in the design, weaving ...

You need to go in there with a plan. Kente comes from the Akan word for “basket” because of the basket-like weaving pattern. It is also called nwentoma meaning “woven cloth” in Twi. The cloth was ...

Explores the rich heritage of hand weaving in America, tracing its origins back to the early Colonists who brought their weaving skills to the New World. By the time of the American Revolution, ...

The colors flow in stripes of varying widths, creating a visual musicality that evokes the rhythm of local life, in Liu's mind. "For us, the key to working with local weavers is to move with that ...

Ghana’s iconic Kente cloth has been inscribed onto UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This global recognition under the 2003 Convention for Safeguarding ...

The team at Carnegie Museum of Art unpack ‘Palettes of Ambition’, the Ghanaian artist’s monumental artwork conjured from everyday waste ...

From ceramics and weaving to taxidermy, here are five practices that are affordable, intriguing — and a great distraction.

wrapped the exterior of the second floor — a windowless blank stucco facade — in vertical 2½-by-6-foot timber slats installed in a wood pattern reminiscent of hand-woven West African kente ...