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Story of the Kente Cloths

Kente Cloths, as we know them, were developed in the 17th century by the Ashanti (Asante) people, a major ethnic group in Ghana, Africa with a long tradition of weaving dating back to about 3000 B.C. The term kente has its roots in the word kenten, which means “basket”. The raffia fibers that the firstContinue Reading