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Kente Cloth

Every 6th March, I share a snippet of Ghana as we celebrate our Independence day. Here is the slice from last year, 2023.

This year I’ll write about one of the March Teach write prompts- Kente Cloth.

Kente cloth is made by yarn woven on a loom mainly in a town in the Ashanti region and also in other parts of Ghana.

The demand and importance of the cloth has merited a Kente museum in Bonwire a town in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The history and the meaning of different yarns and their combinations are shared.

On a day like today, when celebrations are taking place, most of the cultural leaders, chiefs and queen mothers wear this elaborate fabric in all its majesty.

Here are my Independence day slices from the three previous years; 2020, 2021,2022.

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4 responses to “Kente Cloth”

  1. Anita Ferreri Avatar
    Anita Ferreri

    First of all, your Kente Cloth beautiful. I hope it’s a happy celebration day filled with good food and fun.

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  2. lnoddoye Avatar
    lnoddoye

    Beautiful kente.

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  3. Amy Crehore Avatar
    Amy Crehore

    The cloth is beautiful, and as a fiber artist (knitter here), I appreciated that different yarns and colors have different meanings. Beautiful idea for a slice. And happy Independence Day!

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  4. Radutti Avatar
    Radutti

    Happy Independence Day! 🙂

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I am an Elementary school teacher , I taught at an International IB School in Accra, Ghana. I am now teaching in Hanoi. Writing is my passion and I try to write daily, at least in my sentence a day journal, to capture all the blessings around me. I write with groups of writers, such as Teach Write and sometimes Ethical ELA. I also encourage my friends to write , so I created a platform to make that possible -Writing Run.

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