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Kente, Thread by Thread: How to Read Ghana’s Most Famous Cloth
It began, the Asante say, with a spider’s web. Kente is a royal cloth, a weaving system and a visual language. Here is how it is made, worn and named.
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Adire: The Indigo Cloth of the Yoruba Women Who Made It
Blue and white, tied, stitched, stenciled or painted by hand, adire is one of West Africa’s great design traditions. Here is how it is made and why it still matters.
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Aso-Oke and Aso-Ebi: Inside Yoruba Ceremonial Dress
At a Yoruba wedding, the cloth tells you who is who. A guide to aso-oke, the hand-woven prestige textile, and aso-ebi, the coordinated “family cloth” built from it.
