Letter From Africa: Kente – The Ghanaian Cloth That’s On The Catwalk

Letter From Africa: Kente – The Ghanaian Cloth That’s On The Catwalk

Letter From Africa: Kente – The Ghanaian Cloth That’s On The Catwalk

Letter From Africa: Kente - The Ghanaian Cloth That's On The Catwalk In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the global popularity of her country's fabric in the wake of it appearing in a Louis Vuitton fashion show. We in Ghana have absolute confidence in our fashion sense. We also happen to believe that the most beautiful and most dramatic fabric on this Earth is the kente, which is, of course, Ghanaian. The finely woven material has become the defining symbol of Ghana and Ghanaians and, indeed, of Africa, and for Black people in…
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