Hey friends – November is a time of many holiday celebrations. Early in the month there was Diwali, All Saints Day and Dia de Los Muertos; in a couple of weeks we will have Thanksgiving and the end of the year holiday season. Look your best and add a touch of style and class to … More Kente Cloth Bow Ties for Holiday Celebrations!
Below is a fascinating article I found online about how the design patterns in Kente cloth can be used to teach students about mathematical algorithms that are used in computer programming. Because I am a mathematician, this article naturally caught my eye. I have done many workshops and seminars with students at elementary schools, middle … More Kente Weaving, Computer Algorithms and Creative Classroom Learning
Friends – we love this video clip of Kwasi at work in front of his large loom, plying his craft for the 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.!!!!!!!! This video is very short – it is less than 1 minute long – but it gives viewers a wonderful up close and detailed look at … More Kwasi Asare demonstrating Kente weaving at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Kwasi Asare conducting a special children’s Kente Cloth workshop in Richmond, Virginia on July 22, 2021. Despite the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kwasi is still conducting some live workshops and seminars! In this new era of COVID-19 and the Delta variant, we all have to make adjustments – but we can still find ways … More Kwasi Asare is still offering live Kente cloth workshops!
COVID-19 and the creation of Kwasi Asare’s online Kente weaving course UPDATE: Unfortunately, CourseCraft is shutting down in April 2022. We are working on creating a new alternative for Kwasi’s unique online weaving course. We will either use another online platform or use a YouTube channel with private lessons. Please contact Kwasi directly at kwasister@gmail.com … More Introducing the WORLD’S FIRST online Kente weaving course – brought to you by Kwasi Asare!
There’s nothing like the feel and look of authentic Kente cloth – and now Kwasi Asare has created a new line of special KENTE CLOTH BOW TIES!!!!!!!!!! These authentic Kente weave bow ties add a touch of style and beauty – and a splash of color – to any dress shirt. Just one authentic Kente … More Kwasi Asare’s New Authentic Kente Cloth Bow Ties are Now Available!!!!!!!!
Hello beloved friends — We hope you are having a wonderful spring and we wish you the best during this upcoming Memorial Day weekend! We are currently revising our mailing list as we prepare to release a new line of Kent cloth fashion accessories. Kwasi has also been developing a wonderful online video tutorial class … More Kwasi Asare’s new Kente Fashion Accessories and Kente Cloth Home Tutorial
Among many of the big changes happening in 2021, the great musical polymath and icon Stevie Wonder is fulfilling a long-held dream of moving to Ghana. Wonder visited Ghana and was impressed with Africa as early as 1974, but it seems his 47-year dream has become more urgent in recent years and has been informed … More Stevie Wonder: Finding Love and Hope in Ghana
The Memorial Day public execution of George Floyd triggered an avalanche of worldwide emotion, protest action and outrage that have led to local, state and national debates and legislative changes as well as a plethora of corporate and institutional policy discussions and transformations. In the midst of this historic moment, House Democratic Party leaders dawned … More Kente Cloth and the Modern Politics of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter
Hello Friends – We just want to remind everyone that Kwasi is holding a series of workshops at the Adrinka Studio in Mount Rainer, Maryland at the end of August, including both this weekend (Saturday and Sunday August 24th and 25th) and Labor Day weekend (Saturday and Sunday August 31st and September 1st). Kwasi Asare’s Kente … More Kente Cloth Workshops at the Adrinka Studio, Mount Rainier, Maryland
Kwasi Asare: Master Kente Weaver, Mathematician, African Sage & Teacher 