Weavers of traditional Kente cloth at Bonwire in the Ashanti Region are prevailing on the government to provide them with a dedicated working space and a local thread factory. Their requests come as ...

play videoNana Amma Prempeh has been honoured with a special type of kente, woven in her name The people and traditional authorities of Bonwire, the historic home of Ghana’s iconic Kente cloth, have ...

Bonwire (Ash), Feb 15, GNA -- The chiefs and people of Bonwire in the Ejisu-Juaben District of Ashanti have disassociated themselves from the ongoing 93Kentefest", which is being held at the Kwame ...

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 ...

The aide to independent candidate Kwabena Owusu Aduomi has alleged that government officials are engaging in vote-buying activities in Bonwire, Ejisu, amid the by-election. According to Nana Osei ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Opportunity International, Atul Tandon, has reiterated the organisation’s commitment to leveraging technology and strong local partnerships to lift rural communities out ...

The annual “Bonwire Kente Fair” is underway at Bonwire, in the Ejisu-Juaben municipality, but exhibitors are already complaining about poor patronage. They blame this on inadequate publicity by the ...

The Bonwire Kente weavers have called on the government to declare a National Kente Day to promote indigenous textiles This comes after the government declared Wednesday a National Fugu Day, intending ...

Accra — Talking about Bonwire Kente brings to mind the renowned Ghanaian musicologist, Ephraim Amu, whose composition, "Akyinkyinakyinkyin ama mahu nneema" literally meaning, "traveling has exposed me ...

Kente is a globally renowned cloth. Raquel Maria Carbonell Pagola/GettyImages Asante kente is a cloth that embodies the cultural heritage and history of the Asante people. The Asantes are a major ...