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# Contents

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 The meanings and values of textiles in Ghana
- 2 Definitions
  - 2.1 Kente
  - 2.2 Adinkra
  - 2.3 Making kente
  - 2.4 The manufacture of kente
  - 2.5 Making adinkra
  - 2.6 Questions
- 3 Making
  - 3.1 The people who make kente
  - 3.2 The people who make adinkra
  - 3.3 Training to weave kente
  - 3.4 Training to make adinkra
  - 3.5 What can we learn?
- 4 Using
  - 4.1 The functions of kente
  - 4.2 The meaning of kente designs
  - 4.3 The functions of adinkra
  - 4.4 The meanings of adinkra
  - 4.5 Questions
- 5 History
  - 5.1 History of kente
  - 5.2 History of adinkra
  - 5.3 Addressing the issues
- 6 Selling
  - 6.1 Marketing cloth in Ghana
  - 6.2 The marketing of prints in Kumasi market
- 7 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements

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