Q&A: Dominique Lanz on creating art with textile waste in Ghana
Swiss artist Dominique Lanz spent three months at Kokrobitey Institute exploring natural dyeing and the realities of textile waste in Ghana
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What are the origins of the Asante’s famous kente cloth?
Kente is a prestigious royal cloth of Ghana’s Asante people, part of their historical and cultural heritage. But there’s a debate about where it originated: the Bonwire community or the Adanwomase community in the Ashanti Region. The Conversation Africa spoke...
Why rural women in Ghana’s shea industry need to be valued more
Ghana’s shea industry has a rich history. Shea – nkuto, karite, galam in some west African languages – is deeply embedded in the culture and tradition of the country’s northern regions. It is often considered a woman’s crop – women pick the fruit and...