-== Kente Cloth Festival ==- OBAA PA KENTE

[Lady dressed in royal regaila]

OBAA PA (continued)

One such leader is the Edwesohemaa of Ghana, Nana Yaa Asantewaa I. Her bravery has won her international status. She inspired the Asante Kingdom to take up arms in defense of their sovereignty from the British. This was just after the abduction of Asante King, Nana Prempeh and his advisors sent into exile by the British. She has been described as a courageous and outspoken woman. She defied the male traditional rulers and called the bluff of the British by declaring war on them.

"If you the men of Asante will not go forward, then we will. I shall call upon my fellow women. We will fight against the white British.... We will fight until the last of us falls in the battlefield. "- - Nana Yaa Asaantewa I

As a role model for the woman of the new millennium, Nana Yaa Asantewaa I challenges women in modern society. She had a vision and ideals. She efficiently combined her various roles of a full time public career of holding the high office of queenmother of Edweso together with the private roles of motherhood, wife, and farmer. She deserves the title Obaa-Sagyefoo.

The Kente Cloth Festival Fashion Department introduced Obaapa Kente at its year 2005 event. The Fashion Department has new designs and patterns,with more sophisticated transliteration of its African royal textiles. For more information about these royal textiles or about Obaa Pa Kente, contact us at info at kente.net or fill out the form below:

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