EXPRESSIONS ABOUT KENTE
"A beautiful cloth does not wear itself." --- Ghanaian proverb
" When people see me in kente cloth the message I want to put across to them is the message that I give my self. I am not ashamed of my heritage, and I am very, very proud of it." --- Donald Tucker Read
"Sometimes if I think I have to deal with some people and I need strength, I will wear kente. I never think of it casually." --- Mary Puryear
"Kente has become an international symbol of skill and beauty. You have to be proud of what it is. Just to wear it is to honor it." --- Emma Emos
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History of the Cloth
The truthful and incontestable data about the birthplace, discovery and evolution of kente cloth started 10,000 years ago. Kente related to the word "kenten" which means basket. It is a hand woven cloth accompanied by a name, significant, theory of knowledge and history. It continues in Bonwire, the now original home of kente. Two friends, Kuragu and Ameyaw farmers and hunters by profession raised at Bonwire in Ghana, premeditated the way the spider went about the intrinsic art of weaving its cobweb.
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