Kente

Stories tagged Kente:

• The Origin of Cloth Weaving Aug 22, 2025

  

  Gather close, children, as I tell you of how Ntamanwene, the sacred art of cloth weaving, came to bless our people with beauty, warmth, and a way to tell our stories through threads of gold and vibrant colors.

  In the beginning, people wore only simple bark cloth and animal skins. But Anansi, observing how he wove his intricate webs, wondered if humans could create something equally beautiful and useful. Watching a young woman named Akosua work with remarkable patience and skill, Anansi taught her the secrets of interlacing threads in patterns that could hold meaning and beauty.