In a vibrant kente cloth, Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, the North Tongu member of parliament, arrived at Black Star Square for President-elect John Dramani Mahama's historic inauguration.

The finely woven material has become the defining symbol of Ghana and Ghanaians and, indeed, of Africa, and for Black people in general. Time was when the kente was a strictly royal cloth reserved ...

Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and other Democratic lawmakers were draped in scarves made from a cloth of colourful geometric Ghanaian designs called kente. It turned ...

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 ...

Hailing from the Ashanti Kingdom, this handwoven fabric captivates with its vibrant colors and complex patterns. Each design ...

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 ...

Ghana also presented a big Kente Cloth to the UN in New York and UNESCO in Paris. In contemporary times the wearing of Kente is democratized. Kente is often seen at graduation ceremonies ...

Kente, Ghana’s famous hand-woven cloth has become the best-known and most widely recognized of all African textiles. For Ghanaians, kente cloth epitomizes the finest creativity; far transcending ...

The U.S. Congress has two days to avert a partial government shutdown after Republican President-elect Donald Trump rejected a bipartisan deal late on Wednesday and demanded lawmakers also raise ...

Ghana too has its own long and rich history of textiles - perhaps best known for its bright, patterned kente cloth. After independence from the UK in 1957, the state initially invested in the ...

I wanted to create a modern unisex bag with reference to African cultural and my own Ghanaian heritage. I used my old jeans to contrast with the traditional Kente cloth.