The finely woven material has become the defining symbol of Ghana and Ghanaians and, indeed, of Africa, and for Black people in general. Time was when the kente was a strictly royal cloth reserved ...

The kente cloth is a traditional African cloth – the colors and design hold a specific meaning. It is the most popular and best-known of all African textiles. Originally, royalty exclusively wore ...

By examining the work of designers of African descent, a new exhibition in Manhattan finds common threads and, more ...

I couldn’t do it.” Her show at Fort Gansevoort, “Beyond Patchwork: The Abstractions of Yvonne Wells,” at first glance seems ...

You know those hieroglyphic-like laundry symbols on clothing labels? They relay important cleaning information. Here's what they mean and how to use them. A picture may be worth a thousand words ...

On the third day of the Chale Wote Street Arts Festival on August 22, a captivating session titled "Kete Techniques in Analog Designs" offered valuable insights into the art of Kente weaving.

Speaking at the launch held at the Silver Star Towers on Saturday September 21, Producer and Creative Director of Rhythms On ...

spirit and pride of the organization Kente Cloth:Given to CU Boulder students who identify as part of our Black/African American/African community on campus to acknowledge ancient African traditions, ...

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new." - Socrates ...

Common math symbols give us a language for understanding, well, everything from budgeting to the nature of reality itself. Its building blocks are relatively simple. Even the most sophisticated ...

With more than 1,800 works from five continents, and new scholarship, refreshed galleries present the arts of Africa, the ...