Art-Kente Cloth

*Ghanaian textiles such as Kente cloth and ntoma have colorful and geometrical patterns and are considered to be the most beautiful in Africa.

*Kente is made by Asante and Ewe of all peoples and is the best known of all African textiles.

*Kente is made fromthe word Keneten which means basket.

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Art-Kente Cloth

*Ghanaian textiles such as Kente cloth and ntoma have colorful and geometrical patterns and are considered to be the most beautiful in Africa.

*Kente is made by Asante and Ewe of all peoples and is the best known of all African textiles.

*Kente is made fromthe word Keneten which means basket.

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*The Asante peoples also refer to Kente a Nwentomaor woven cloth.

*Asante kente is identified byh its dazzling,multicolored patterns of bright colors, geometric shapes,and bold designs.

Art-Kente Cloth

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*Kente characterized by weft designs woven into every available block of plain weave which is called Adweneasa.

*This means my skill is exhausted or my ideas have come to and end.

Art-Kente Cloth

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Nollywood

*The creation of Nollywood started in the 1960s

*There were many Nollywood films created which got very popular

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Nollywood

*The first Nollywood films movies were being created by historical film makers such as Ola Balogun,Hurbert Ogunde,Jab Adu,Mosses Olayia,and Eddie Ugboma.

*These are considered the first generation of Nigerian film makers.

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