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2. Kente cloth - Wikipedia

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   Kente refers to a Ghanaian textile made of hand-woven strips of silk and cotton. [1] Historically the fabric was worn in a toga-like fashion among the Asante, Akan and Ewe people. According to Asante oral tradition, it originated from Bonwire in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In modern day Ghana, the wearing of kente cloth has become widespread ...

3. List of companies of Ghana - Wikipedia

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   Durable household products Accra: 1957 Kitchenware company, GSE: PKL: P A Printex: Consumer goods Clothing & accessories Accra: 1958 Textiles P A Produce Buying Company: Consumer goods Food products Accra: 1981 Cocoa bean company, GSE: PBC: P A Prudential Bank Limited: Financials Banks Accra: 1996 Commercial bank P A Sam-Woode Limited: Consumer ...

4. African textiles - Wikipedia

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   Ewe Kente: Kente cloth is also worn by the Ewe, located in Ghana and Togo and Benin Republic. The Ewe, a Gbe speaking group who originated from Nigeria, had a tradition of horizontal loom weaving, adopted the double heddle frame loom style of Kente cloth weaving from the Asante with some important differences.

5. Printex - Wikipedia

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   Printex Limited [1] is a privately owned textile manufacturing company headquartered in Accra, the capital of Ghana, with over 500 employees. The company was established in 1958 as Millet Textile Corporation (MTC), producing mainly terry towels. [ 2 ]

6. Kente Festival - Wikipedia

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   It is celebrated to promote and mark the invention of the Kente industry in the town of Bonwire. [7] [8] [9] The festival also intends to assert the influence of the Kente as cloth from Ghana. [6] The chiefs and the inhabitants of Bonwire wear Kente clothes and various designs they sewn. [1]

7. Ahwenepa nkasa - Wikipedia

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   Ahwenepa nkasa is the Ghanaian given name for a fabric print found in Ghana, Togo, Benin and the Ivory Coast. This fabric is produced by Ghana Textiles Company (GTP) under VLISCO and Akosombo Industrial Company Limited, formerly called Akosombo Textile Limited (ATL).

8. Pistis Ghana - Wikipedia

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   Pistis Ghana is a Ghanaian fashion brand based in Accra. It was founded by husband-and-wife duo Kabutey and Sumaiya Dzietror in 2008 after graduating from Joyce Ababio's Vogue Style School of Fashion and Design. [1] [2] Pistis means "faith" in Greek. [3] They are famous for making designs for Ghana's second lady, Samira Bawumia, in modern Kente ...

9. Wrapper (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Unlike expensive wax prints, the design is printed on one side of the cotton fabric. Fancy prints are made in Europe, India, and West Africa. The most popular fancy print is known as the traditional print. Kente—traditionally woven by men. Kente is an informal fabric for anyone who is not a member of the Akan people. For Akans and many Ewes ...