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Textiles in Ghana - for iPod/iPhone

In Ghana, types of cloth and the design of textiles are about more than just fashion. Woven Kente cloth is a great status symbol, marking wealth and, in the past, office - something to be worn on impo... Read more

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Ghana: Adinkra Workers

Ghana: Adinkra Workers

The importance of symbols in the tradition of Adinkra and how new symbols are being added to the repertoire

3 Sep 2008

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Ghana: Kumasi Market

Ghana: Kumasi Market

John Picton goes to the market in Kumasi to look at factory printed cloth to see how it is still influenced by tradition... Read more

3 Sep 2008

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Ghana: The past and present Adinkra

Ghana: The past and present Adinkra

An overview of the importance of the traditional printing and weaving methods to the local people and how they incorpora... Read more

3 Sep 2008

1min

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Textiles in Ghana

Textiles in Ghana

A short introduction to this album.

26 Mar 2010

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Ghana: Introduction to Kente weaving

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A short history of the tradition of the Kente weavers in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Nana Asante Fremprong, a local bus... Read more

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