Kente refers to a Ghanaian textile made of hand-woven strips of silk and cotton. Historically the fabric was worn in a toga-like fashion among the Asante...
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The Kente Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Bonwire in the Ejisu-Juaben district in the Ashanti region of...
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Gibson Mthuthuzeli Kente (23 July 1932 – 7 November 2004) was a South African playwright, composer, director, and producer based in Soweto. He was known...
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David Sabo Kente, popularly known as DSK (born 3 March 1965) is a Nigerian businessman, politician and philanthropist who is the founder and CEO of "DSK...
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is the Kente cloth. Kente is a very important national costume and clothing, and these clothes are used to make traditional and modern Kente attire....
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Khentii Mountains (redirect from Kente Mountain)
The Khentii Mountains (Mongolian: Хэнтийн нуруу) are a mountain range in the Töv and Khentii Provinces in North Eastern Mongolia. The mountain chain overlaps...
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is a kente clothing weaving urban area in the Kwabre East District of Ashanti, noted for its Kente weaving alongside Bonwire and Adanwomase. "Kente Weaving...
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became respected for strip-weaving kente cloths in cotton and silk in the weaving village of Bonwire. The term kente means basket and refers to the checkerboard...
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Bonwire (section Kente Museum)
road. According to Akan oral tradition, Kente originates from Bonwire. Bonwire is the home of the famous Akan Kente cloth. According to history, two friends...
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by Senecas, Cayugas, and Oneidas. The villages consisted of Ganneious, Kente, Kentsio, Ganaraske, Ganatsekwyagon, Teiaiagon, and Quinaouatoua. The villages...
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Burkina Faso known as faso dan fadi. The smock and Kente cloth are the national dress of Ghana. Kente cloth originated in the southern region of Ghana....
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Cropper is a Ghanaian female highlife singer and saxophonist. She wears the kente headgear (headwraps). Her grandmother and mother gave her the patterns for...
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terra Côte d'Ivoire – Kente cloth (male), Kente kaba and slit set (female) Gambia – Boubou (male), Kaftan (female) Ghana – Kente cloth or Ghanaian smock...
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apartment complex built with a boldly patterned facade, with inspiration from Kente, a traditional Ghanaian clothing garment. It consists of 3 buildings, Villagio...
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gig was featured in a play called "Mfowethu" which was directed by Gibson Kente. Msiza began his career as a poet and later a stage and television actor...
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Gary Russell, Jenifer Lewis, Malcolm David Kelley, Jascha Washington, Kente Scott, Rainoldo Gooding, Stephen Snedden, Cordell Stokes, Timothy Reddick...
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Middleton, Larry B. Scott, Henry Brown, Angela Alvarado, Ernie Hudson Jr., Kente Scott, Jesse Collins, Sam Rubin, George Clinton, Russell Simmons, Dick Scott...
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handwoven fabric, of which the example best known internationally is the kente cloth of Ghana. The earliest evidence of this traditional technique dates...
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cloth woven with the traditional strip loom used throughout West Africa. Kente cloth from the Ashanti and the Ewe peoples, as well as Akwete cloth from...
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and shameful racist." Other black lawmakers attended the address wearing kente stoles as a show of support following Trump's "shithole" comments about...
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clothing Africa Balgha Boubou Dashiki Djellaba Head tie Jellabiya Kanzu Kente cloth Kufi Litham Pareo Senegalese kaftan Tagelmust Wrapper Asia Europe...
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The Agbamevo Festival (Kente Festival) is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Agotime Traditional Area. It is located some kilometers...
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are not. Adanwomase Kente weaving Ahwiaa wood carvings Bobiri Butterfly sanctuary Ntonso Adinkra Arts and crafts village Bonwire Kente Weaving Lake Bosumtwi...
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Africa Gallery, Nigeria, 20th century AD Room 25 - Modern interpretation of kente cloth from Ghana, late 20th century AD The British Museum is home to one...
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a new musical entitled From Gibson Kente to Mbongeni Ngema, to celebrate the works and influence of Gibson Kente and Ngema. Other significant cultural...
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July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015. "Education - Kente | Adanwomase | Home of Kente Cloth | Asante kente". www.adanwomase.com. Archived from the original...
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mourning. Laws existed to restrict certain Kente designs to the nobility. Some cotton or silk patterns on the Kente were designed solely for the king and could...
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Hodden Irish linen Jamdani Kerseymere Khādī Khaki drill Kijōka-bashōfu Kente cloth Lamé Lawn Linsey-woolsey Loden Longcloth Mackinaw Madapollam Madras...
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Charles Kente Williams (né Bowens; born October 21, 1977), better known by his stage name Keak da Sneak, is an American rapper from Oakland, California...
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Christianity, Islam, or Traditional African religions). It is often made of kente cloth, mudcloth, or knitted or crocheted in a variety of yarns.[citation...
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