10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KENTE»
Discover the use of
kente in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
kente and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Spider Weaver: A Legend of
Kente Cloth
In this retelling of a tale from Ghana, a wondrous spider shows two Ashanti weavers how to make intricate, colorful patterns in the cloth that they weave. By the author of Ashanti to Zulu.
2
The Copyright Thing Doesn't Work Here: Adinkra and
Kente ...
The intersection of Western intellectual property law and traditional knowledge in Africa.
A rhyming description of the kente cloth costumes of the Ashanti and Ewe people of Ghana and a portrayal of the symbolic colors and patterns.
4
Velvet be-bop
kente cloth
Offers a collection of poems celebrating African American identity and the energy and rhythm of jazz.
5
Fashioning Africa: Power and the Politics of Dress
1992 issues of both Ebony and Essence and featured a photograph of a child
with a doll standing next to a Christmas tree with kente drapes in the background.
Most imitation kente was machine-printed; however, in a few cases the imitations
...
Ahiagble Bob Dennis states in the afterword of this book that "all kente weavers, Ashanti or Ewe, should join hands and promote quality kente weaving and its accessories all over the world...in order to maintain and develop further this ...
Ahiagble Bob Dennis, 2004
Kente Cloth Clothing is one of the most important marks of distinction in Ashanti
society and their colourful kente cloth is the most famous expression of Ashanti
exuberance. The basic traditional garment for men is a long rectangular piece of
...
8
Cyberculture and the Subaltern: Weavings of the Virtual and Real
Nani Agbeli, a culturalist, who owns the Dagbe Cultural Center, told me about the
Ewe people and explained how practices such as Kente, drumming, dance, and
art are all significant ways the Ewe people have communicated throughout ...
9
Nkrumah,
Kente, and African Philosophy: Socio-political ...
Thus, a study of the meanings of the kente symbols is a good entry point in the study and understanding of the relationships between African cultural and symbolic representations and the ideas and philosophical orientations of its statesmen ...
Describes the history and significance of Kente cloth, a special kind of fabric made in the 1600's by the Ashanti people from Ghana in Africa.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KENTE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
kente is used in the context of the following news items.
How Afrobeats made African Brits proud of our heritage | Music | The …
But it was much bigger than the music: once-rejected Ankara and Kente fabrics re-entered our wardrobes way before Topshop cottoned on. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Children learn about African traditions at Heights library
Parker Easley, age 4, of Harker Heights, wears a traditional African Kente cloth for the last dance of the day, with entertainer Elizabeth Kahura, ... «The Killeen Daily Herald, Jul 15»
Copyright, an intellectual liberation
Equally, Ghana and Mali have to find ways to secure protection for their kente and bogolan cloth, which have been ruthlessly appropriated by ... «The Africa Report, Jul 15»
African brands: Fight for your copyright
So traditional knowledge covers areas as diverse as traditional songs and legends, the patterns on the kente cloth of the Akans in Ghana and ... «The Africa Report, Jul 15»
Review: Stanley Whitney's Paintings Reinvent the Grid - The New …
It links Mr. Whitney's paintings to textiles that minimize white — Amish and Gee's Bend quilts and African kente cloth — and also to the ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Born in the RSA: When the past sometimes doesn't make it to the …
Before this, of course, many black playwrights including Gibson Kente, Matsemela Manaka, Maishe Maponya, Mbongeni Ngema, Percy Mtwa, ... «Daily Maverick, Jul 15»
Norval Thomas Leslie
... visiting the Jordan River in Israel, sitting on an old ant hill that becomes like petrified stone, and wearing the typical Kente cloth of West Africa, ... «Weyburn Review, Jul 15»
3 sought in Weldon home armed robbery
The investigation has led to warrants being issued for the arrest of Kunta Kente Shearin, 37, of Roanoke Rapids; Joe Lee Hampton, 50, ... «Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, Jul 15»
Governors Should Do More Than Pay Salaries – Gov. Ishaku
They cross the River Benue and strike towns like Chinkaye, Kente and other areas around that axis. We have deployed police patrols to those ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
The Issue of the Origin and Meaning of Kente (aka Kete)
Kente (aka Kete) is the most famous and the most celebrated of all the textiles used in Ghana. However, there are conflicting claims about the ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
