Textiles in Ghana

Textiles in Ghana carry a far greater importance than you might expect. This free course will help you to understand how textiles can carry an assortment of meanings and values, including wealth, status and office.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 The meanings and values of textiles in Ghana
• 1 The meanings and values of textiles in Ghana
• 2 Definitions
• 2 Definitions
• 2.1 Kente
• 2.2 Adinkra
• 2.3 Making kente
• 2.4 The manufacture of kente
• 2.5 Making adinkra
• 2.6 Questions
• 3 Making
• 3 Making
• 3.1 The people who make kente
• 3.2 The people who make adinkra
• 3.3 Training to weave kente
• 3.4 Training to make adinkra
• 3.5 What can we learn?
• 4 Using
• 4 Using
• 4.1 The functions of kente
• 4.2 The meaning of kente designs
• 4.3 The functions of adinkra
• 4.4 The meanings of adinkra
• 4.5 Questions
• 5 History
• 5 History
• 5.1 History of kente
• 5.2 History of adinkra
• 5.3 Addressing the issues
• 6 Selling
• 6 Selling
• 6.1 Marketing cloth in Ghana
• 6.2 The marketing of prints in Kumasi market
• 7 Conclusion
• 7 Conclusion
• Acknowledgements