“Kente is a cloth that is woven by the Asante people of Ghana in West Africa. The history of kente weaving extends back more than 400 years. Kente is woven by hand on a narrow wooden loom. The four-inch strips of fabric are then sewn together to make pieces of cloth. “The word ‘kente’ comes…
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The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloh by Margaret Musgrove
“Once, long ago, in an Ashanti village in the country of Ghana, there lived two expert weavers. One weaver was called Kofi. The other one was Yaw. These men wove a simple cloth called nwen-ntoma. And everyone from the king of the Ashanti people to the poorest child wore it.” “Late one night, Kofi and…