Sentences with phrase «in kente»

This weekend, I scrolled through Twitter joyously taking in all the pictures of beautiful black people dressed in kente cloth, dashikis and African prints heading to the theatre to revel in this momentous occasion.

Woven in kente tradition, this cotton cloth by designer Deborah Osei Boakye honors Ashanti textile legacy.

My second brother became fed up with herding cattle and left to go learn a trade in kente tailoring at Agbozume in the Volta Region.

Not exact matches

Kente weaving has been with the people of Agortime since their migration from the Nuer clan in the Ancient Sudan through Egypt to their present settlement.

Since then, the Kente Festival has become one of the biggest traditional, cultural and socio - economic festivals in the country and preferred destination for tourists.

In 1995, the Agortime weavers decided to collectively celebrate and honour their lifetime occupation and the trade of their forefathers through the Kente Festival.

She said the Agortime Traditional Area has one of the highest concentration of weavers in Ghana and beyond and therefore urged all stakeholders to preserve the uniqueness of the Kente cloth to ensure the sustainability of the Kente weaving industry in the area and its surroundings.

The main objectives of the Kente Festival is for the preservation and protection of the kente cloth, the projection of the various uses of the cloth, acquisition of new techniques and innovations, promotion of tourism in the Agortime Traditional Area and unifying the people for socio - economic developKente Festival is for the preservation and protection of the kente cloth, the projection of the various uses of the cloth, acquisition of new techniques and innovations, promotion of tourism in the Agortime Traditional Area and unifying the people for socio - economic developkente cloth, the projection of the various uses of the cloth, acquisition of new techniques and innovations, promotion of tourism in the Agortime Traditional Area and unifying the people for socio - economic development.

[200] The term kente has its roots in the Akan word kɛntɛn which means a basket and the first kente weavers used raffia fibres to weave cloths that looked like kenten (a basket); and thus were referred to as kenten ntoma; meaning basket cloth.

In a cultural context, kente is more important than just a cloth and it is a visual representation of history and also a form of written language through weaving.

Has it occurred to you that may be if Jesus had been born in Berekum, he might have worn Kente?

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The protesters were led by the former Acting governor of the state, Alhaji Abubakar Danladi, a former Governorship candidate in the state, Chief David Kente and the National President of Trade Union Congress, (TUC), Mr Bala Kaigama.

And indeed staff and management of the award - winning Multimedia TV station were surprised when Nana Kwasi Wadie Esly II in the company of his Linguist, Okyeame Kwadwo Gyekye, his wife, Mabel Maku Wadie and Sister, Atsu Agbey walked into the studios of Adom TV in his beautifully woven Kente cloth.

Samira who walked side by side with her husband, smartly dressed in a light ash outfit laced with Ghana's cherished cloth Kente, instantly, became a role model to some young women and the men too.

Working in the traditional style of kente cloth weaving Gobah Tengey - Seddoh designs the shawl attaching several strips of the decorative cloth together.

Kente cloth is woven in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente Kente cloth is woven in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente kente means

I remember being embarrassed in elementary school when my mom sent me and my brother to «Culture Day» in Ghanaian kente cloth and kids made fun of us.

Also included in «Big Spaces and Large Planes» are: the loosely graphic paintings of Cathy Fiorelli who shares studio space with eleven other artists at the Middletown Pendleton Art Center; the perceptive works on femininity of Pattie Byron from West Chester; the Kente Cloth - inspired art quilts by Miami University - educated Linda Kramer; the mixed media of Oxford's Maureen Nimis with her cut paper and photographic work; the small works by Catalog & Slavic Librarian at Miami University, Russian - born Masha Misco; and the jewel - like small photographs of Denver - born Cincinnati resident Brian Luman whose exploration of urban crevices is fueled by his skateboard and camera.

The cloth, similar to kente cloth in appearance, is ornate, with colorful patterns and portraits, and is produced to mark a special event.

The Visceral Gallery in Centerville showed the works of Bing Davis and his son Derrick Davis with «Kente Spirit» panels masterly executed with Prismacolor colored pencils through February 18; the rich Impressionist «Canvases from the French Countryside» by Richard Mantia through June 17; and the «Parallel Visions» group of works by Susan Scherette King with polished acrylics, organic hard - edged ceramics by Don Williams, and Constructivist prints and sculpture by Matthew Burgy through August 18.

In form, these works echo traditional kente cloths worn by Ghanian kings.

: there was a certain explicitness to Hew Locke's models of boats, tinny steel sculptures by Michael Forbes or a library of kente - cloth books by Yinka Shonibare - also, I think, the only artist with a disability that I noticed showing work in my entire visit in this, the least accessible of art calendar cities.

New York - based Osborn Design, makers of fair trade shoes made in Guatamala from African Kente cloth, recycled clothing, and

In fact today, we just got an incredible example of portable light in the mail, a portable light textile that was woven into some original kente clotIn fact today, we just got an incredible example of portable light in the mail, a portable light textile that was woven into some original kente clotin the mail, a portable light textile that was woven into some original kente cloth.