Ghana is best known in fashion for kente, a hand-woven cloth of silk and cotton strips.
Asante and Ewe weaving
Asante tradition traces kente to Bonwire in the Ashanti Region. Asante weavers are credited with colourful kente, dyeing cloth and unravelling imported silks to reweave them into patterns with different meanings. Ewe weaving is traced to 16th-century migrants and is made of double-woven bands. Traditional kente is woven outdoors by men in narrow strips arranged in complex patterns. The name comes from a word meaning basket, after the basket-like pattern.
Colour with meaning
Gold stands for royalty and wealth, green for growth and renewal, blue for peace and love, and white for purification and festive occasions. Kente is worn for ceremonies and special occasions, and UNESCO recognised it as Intangible Cultural Heritage in December 2024.
Smocks
At the Damba festival, people of Dagbon and other groups display the Ghanaian smock and other traditional dress.
Sources: Wikipedia: Kente cloth, Wikipedia: Culture of Ghana.
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