Kente Cloth
Kente Cloth

Author: E Asamoah-Yaw

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2017-02-23

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1524596825

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This book is about the history of an African clothing material known as Kente cloth. All relevant cultural aspects of the cloth have been explained in details with several pictorial illustrations. The book traces Kente history and how it has been used since its invention, about four hundred years ago, by an Ashanti hunter. The two authors are Ashantis and traditionalists. The coauthor was born into the industry at Bonwire. He received a national award as Ghanas best Kente designer and weaver in 2008. His knowledge in the art of weaving and his lifetime exposure to Kente traditions makes it imperative for all those seeking knowledge about Kente, the genuine African fabric, to obtain a copy of this. The other important aspect this of book is the author. The book is the outcome of his intensive research on Kente cloth after his first publication (1993) of the book titled Kente Cloth: Introduction to History. This book is the history of Kente Cloth. It contains everything you need to know about this magnificent African cloth, which was created for special occasions only.

The Ghana Kente Evolution
The Ghana Kente Evolution

Author: Richard Antwi-Boasiako

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-30

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780578779744

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The evolution of the Ghana Bonwire Kente cloth. The meanings of the cloth names, the design names, and the colors used in Kente cloth weaving. The evolution of the Kente cloth from being a Royal cloth to being a cloth for all and for all occasions. The traditional and contemporary views on the Ghana Bonwire Kente cloth.

Wrapped in Pride
Wrapped in Pride

Author: Doran H. Ross

Publisher: Fowler Museum at UCLA

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13:

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Kente is not only the best known of all African textiles, it is also one of the most admired of all fabrics worldwide. Originating among the Asante peoples of Ghana and the Ewe peoples of Ghana and Togo, this brilliantly colored and intricately patterned strip-woven cloth was traditionally associated with royalty. Over time, however, it has come to be worn and used in many different contexts. In Wrapped in Pride, seven distinguished scholars present an exhaustive examination of the history of kente from its earliest use in Ghana to its present-day impact in the African Diaspora. Doran H. Ross is the former director of the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.

Kente Cloth
Kente Cloth

Author: Ernest Asamoah-Yaw

Publisher:

Published: 2017-02-23

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781524596835

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This book is about the history of an African clothing material known as "Kente Cloth". All relevant cultural aspects of the cloth have been explained in details with several pictorial illustrations. The book traces Kente history and how it has been used since its invention, about four hundred years ago, by an Ashanti hunter. The two authors are Ashantis and traditionalist. The co-author was born into the industry at Bonwire. He received a national award as the Ghana's best Kente Designer and Weaver in 2008. His knowledge in the art of weaving, and his lifetime exposure to Kente traditions, makes it imperative for all those seeking knowledge about Kente, the genuine African fabric; a must to obtain a copy. The other important aspect this of book is the author; the book is the outcme of his intensive research on Kente cloth after his first publication (1993) of the book titled "Kente Cloth: Introduction to history". This book is the "History" of Kente Cloth. It contains everything you need to know about this African magnificent cloth which was created for special occsions only.

Kente Cloth
Kente Cloth

Author: Ernest Asamoah-Yaw

Publisher:

Published: 2019-12-30

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781645509721

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This book is about the history of an African clothing material known as Kente cloth. All relevant cultural aspects of the cloth have been explained in details with several pictorial illustrations. The book traces Kente history and how it has been used since its invention, about four hundred years ago, by an Ashanti hunter. The two authors are Ashantis and traditionalists. The coauthor was born into the industry at Bonwire. He received a national award as Ghana's best Kente designer and weaver in 2008. His knowledge in the art of weaving and his lifetime exposure to Kente traditions makes it imperative for all those seeking knowledge about Kente, the genuine African fabric, to obtain a copy of this. The other important aspect this of book is the author. The book is the outcome of his intensive research on Kente cloth after his first publication (1993) of the book titled Kente Cloth: Introduction to History. This book is the history of Kente Cloth. It contains everything you need to know about this magnificent African cloth, which was created for special occasions only.

Current Perspectives in the Archaeology of Ghana
Current Perspectives in the Archaeology of Ghana

Author: Anquandah, James

Publisher: Sub-Saharan Publishers

Published: 2015-04-26

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9988860234

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This collection of essays on archaeology and heritage studies is authored by local and expatriate scholars who are either past or current practitioners in archaeological work in Ghana. They are from Ghana, UK, US and Canada. The subject matter covered includes the history and evolution of the discipline in Ghana; the method and theory or 'how to do it' in archaeology, field research reports, and syntheses on findings from past and recent investigations. The eclectic or multidisciplinary strategy has been the research vogue in Ghanaian archaeology recently, and this is reflected in the various chapters. The essays engage with current theoretical trends in global archaeology and also focus on the role and status of archaeology as a discipline in Ghanaian society today. Archaeology is a relatively 'novel' subject to many in Ghana. This Reader will, therefore, be a huge asset to local students and experts alike. Foreign scholars will also find it very useful.

Ghana
Ghana

Author: A. Adu Boahen

Publisher: London : Longman

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13:

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Language, Rhythm, and Sound
Language, Rhythm, and Sound

Author: Joseph K. Adjaye

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre

Published: 1997-03-15

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0822971771

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Focusing on expressions of popular culture among blacks in Africa, the United States, and the Caribbean this collection of multidisciplinary essays takes on subjects long overdue for study. Fifteen essays cover a world of topics, from American girls' Double Dutch games to protest discourse in Ghana; from Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale to the work of Zora Neale Hurston; from South African workers to Just Another Girl on the IRT; from the history of Rasta to the evolving significance of kente clothl from rap video music to hip-hop to zouk.The contributors work through the prisms of many disciplines, including anthropology, communications, English, ethnomusicology, history, linguistics, literature, philosophy, political economy, psychology, and social work. Their interpretive approaches place the many voices of popular black cultures into a global context. It affirms that black culture everywhere functions to give meaning to people's lives by constructing identities that resist cultural, capitolist, colonial, and postcolonial domination.