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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 ...
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 ]
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 ...
The Trust Bank Stock Ownership; Rank Name of Owner Percentage Ownership 1: Social Security and National Insurance Trust of Ghana (SSNIT) 61.14 2: Holding COFIPA based in France: 13.50 3: Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) 10.00 4: Ghana Re-Insurance Company Limited: 09.36 5: African Tiger Mutual Fund of Ghana: 06.00 Total: 100.00
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]
Each company has its own name, number, regalia, and shrine. A company is led by a senior commander, captains of subdivisions, and various other officials, including linguists, flag bearers, priests, and priestesses. The Frankaa [27] [28] is the Flag of a Fante Asafo company. The block-colored patchwork design on the Frankaa alludes to proverbs ...
These fabrics are produced for mass consumption and stand for ephemerality and caducity. Fancy Fabrics are more intense and rich in colours than wax prints and are printed on only one side. As for wax prints, producer, product name and registration number of the design are printed on the selvage. Even the fancy fabrics vary with a certain fashion.