kente

[ ken-tey ]

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noun

a colorful fabric of Ghanaian origin: often worn as a symbol of African American pride:
Thousands of vivid shirts made a sea of kente along the parade route.
I hadn't realized there was so much kente cloth in all of Manhattan.

kente

/ ˈ��ɛ�Գ�ɪ /

noun

Also calledkente cloth a brightly coloured handwoven cloth of Ghana, usually with some gold thread
the toga made of this cloth

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Word History and Origins

Origin of kente¹

First recorded in 1950–55; from Twi

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Word History and Origins

Origin of kente¹

from a Ghanaian language, possibly Akan

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Architect Susan Nwankpa Gillespie designed the exterior of the second floor of the ADU with kente cloth in mind.

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As Martin put it on his show: “Oh, now all of a sudden you want to put on a kente coat, now all of a sudden you want to act like you’re championing African Americans.”

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The ancestral home is very close to Bonwire, the birthplace of the world-famous kente fabric, and the artist grew up wearing the traditional multi-coloured cloth.

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His paintings are reminiscent of kente cloth, and the process has, he says, been “almost like weaving with paint”.

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The centerpiece: custom-designed jackets with sleeves made of woven kente fabric.

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Kent kentia

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