Ghanaian Clothing, Fabrics and Fashion
Clothing
Dressing in Ghana traditionally reflects the geo-political division of the country into north and south. Kente is the most popular cloth for festive occasions. Cloth is commonly worn by men from the smock which is becoming a gown for all occasions is common among men from the north.
Ghana's kente cloth has spread in popularity around the world. The kente identifies where a person is from, and sometimes, their station in life. The first president of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah used both the smock and the kente cloth widely to portray Ghana's culture in the area of clothing. The kente cloth and the smock can be purchased at any commercial market in the urban areas where they are sold by numerous merchants.
Types of Kente Cloth
This reviews the different types of kente cloth.
http://www.ghana.com/republic/kente/kente.html
HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GHANA'S KENTE CLOTH
This site teaches all about the kente cloth.
http://www.ghana.com/republic/kente/index.html
Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity
A Smithsonian exhibit about the kente cloth of Ghana and how African Americans identify with the kente.
http://www.si.edu/nmafa/exhibits/kente/top.htm
What is Kente?
More history of the kente cloth, Kente is an Asante ceremonial cloth hand-woven on a horizontal treadle loom.
http://members.aol.com/davilojo/p19.htm
http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/cloth_kente.html
MEANINGS OF SYMBOLS IN ADINKRA CLOTH
Adinkra is one of the highly valued hand-printed and hand-embroidered cloths. Its origin is traced to the Asante people of Ghana and the Gyaman people of Cote' d'lvoire (Ivory Coast).
http://www.welltempered.net/adinkra/
http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/Writing_Systems/Adinkra_page1.html
http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/adinkracloth.html
Ghana Mall Online
Shop for Ghanaian products on the Internet