I am Kwasi Asare, a Ghanaian master weaver of Kente cloth, as well as a mathematician and teacher. For the United Nations 50th Anniversary in 1995, I was commissioned to create a special Kente tapestry which I titled "Adwene Asa," meaning "Consensus has been reached." "Adwene Asa" is on display at the UN General Assembly in New York City and it is meant to inspire harmony and unity in world diplomacy. I do large scale demonstrations and exhibitions as well as experiential workshops with special small looms that I designed to make Kente cloth weaving accessible to everyone. In my workshops I integrate mathematics education along with Kente weaving into a unique hands-on blend of right-brain art and left-brain science. I teach all levels of mathematics, from basic algebra to the most sophisticated aspects of differential and infinitesimal calculus and theoretical abstractions.
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Laolu Senbanjo is capturing center stage these days, including a high profile collaboration of his unmistakable body painting style with Beyonce, on her upcoming HBO premier of Lemonade. Senbanjo describes his body painting is part of the sacred art of the Ori; it binds both himself as an artist and the subjects of canvas. “In my language, Yoruba … More Laolu Senbanjo’s high energy collaboration with Queen Beyonce in “Lemonade”
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Artist Joshua Mays describes this beautiful painting as “Advance possibility through advanced perspective.” I was immediately drawn to the painting, of course, because of its title. It has a feeling and an energy that expresses something of what I experience as a Kente weaver, which ties into the idea of the African Creation myth of … More The Weaver
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Most of the pictures in this article are of West African batik, but the author also mentions Kente. Kente is a more labor intensive process for the cloth, but perhaps the most significant thing here is that black women in Africa and throughout the African Diaspora are developing a strong sense of fashion style, using African … More 50 Ways to wear African fabric
Ghana’s formidable ‘queen mothers’ rise up 26 FEB 2016 00:00 VERONIQUE MISTIAEN LinkedInTwitterGoogle+FacebookEmail Women chiefs are playing an increasingly important role in the country’s development, advocating for women’s and children’s rights. The women came from the far corners of the country by the dozen, from traffic-choked Accra, bustling market towns and remote rural villages – … More The power of African queens
Kwasi Asare: Master Kente Weaver, Mathematician, African Sage & Teacher 