Textiles in Ghana
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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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