Omar Buckley and his Ramomar designer label and art has tongues wagging about his sleek shoes, handbags, dresses and other clothing with iconic Kemetic imagery. This is real the Goddess bootie…
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
http://www.ultimatehistoryproject.com/kente-cloth-and-the-history-of-the-ashanti-people.html By JESSICA ACHBERGER Kente cloth is deeply intertwined with the history of the Ashanti nation. The Ashanti Empire or Confederacy, which was located in what is today Ghana, first emerged in West Africa during the seventeenth century. The Ashanti are members of the Akan people who speak the Akan or Ashanti dialect. The word … More Kente: Not just any cloth
Kwasi Asare: Master Kente Weaver, Mathematician, African Sage & Teacher 