The Kente Celebration has a deep institutional history and is an important experience for our multicultural students. The kente cloth is a traditional African cloth – the colors and design hold a ...

Virgil Abloh's kente-inspired ... our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the global popularity of her country's fabric in the wake of it ...

The American-born designer Patrick Kelly worked a kente-cloth print into taper-leg ... at their roots through their designs. Their use of African motifs and ideas, the show suggests, is an attempt ...

Ho, June 14, GNA – Weavers of the local fabric Kente have been asked to factor ... a major player in the promotion of the ...

Getty Images For the Democrats kente cloth is about African heritage "The significance of the kente cloth is our African heritage and for those of you without that heritage who are acting in ...

The African fashion scene is a powerhouse of creativity, with designers who masterfully blend fabric and texture. Leading the charge is Aristide Loua, the visionary behind Kente Gentlemen, founded in ...

The materials include the kente cloth, which was originally used by African royalty, and the Dutch wax print, named after the traders who brought fabrics inspired by Indonesian designs to West and ...

For example, Patrick Kelly's kente cloth ensemble is such a fascinating ... this connection back to the continent.” A pair of Kente print synthetic trousers and basket hat designed by Patrick ...

African designers have long used their designs to celebrate womanhood and femininity, infusing tradition with modern fashion ...

The exhibit also celebrates African textiles traditionally worn by royalty. It includes a variety of vibrant dresses, jackets and pantsuits made with Ghanian Kente cloth, and Faso Dan Fani ...

Topics include the place of music in society, the influence of language on musical composition, principles of rhythmic organization, urban popular music, "art" music as a response to colonialism, and ...

The forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of two living African elephant species, the other being the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana). Historically, forest elephants thrived in the dense ...