The Only True Origin Story of Asante Kente

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The Only True Origin Story of Asante Kente

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Kente is regarded as a fabric for the royals and is popular worldwide. There are varying accounts of its origin and so the Yenkassa team decided to go to the source, Bonwire, and track down the one true origin story/history of Kente. Listen to Chief Kente Designer, Akwesi Kwarteng, narrate the true story of the Kente fabric as passed down from his ancestors. Akwesi Kwarteng is a direct descendant of the man who designed (added patterns) the Kente cloth.
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Contact Akwesi Kwarteng/Bonwire Kente Weaving Center:
(Ask for Akwesi Kwarteng)
Dial from US: +233 24 908 4121
Dial in Ghana: 024 908 4121
Email: ohenbaoseid@gmail.com

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@flint425 3 жыл бұрын

An excellent and inspiring documentary on the celebrated Kente cloth of Ashanti Kingdom. A global cultural symbol of African identity. Thank you for educating us on this cultural heritage.

@wholesalemanager3456 Жыл бұрын

It’s a false narrative. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y8-Thc2Ap7rZh2w.html This is the true origins of Kente

@rocioguevaraobando9075 Жыл бұрын

Excellent! Gracias. Thanks. Merci. 😊🙏🍀

@kokoajay5540 3 жыл бұрын

Dase Love from USA Im going to show this video to my kids

@mbNetwork 7 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing, very interesting history

@richardkwesioti3086 3 жыл бұрын

i love you i bless you all

@francisvilasmensah216 3 жыл бұрын

Nature teaches us a lot. Thanks for the inspiration from the spider, that moved Opoku and Kwakye to bring out the kente masterpiece.

@yenkassa 3 жыл бұрын

Francis Vilas Mensah So, true, love your insightful comment, “nature teaches us a lot”. We don’t pay as much attention to nature anymore as we should

@kwakuosei51 3 жыл бұрын

Also the dyes from the forest!

@ladtmafanikio5391 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this!

@goddessgoddess6790 3 жыл бұрын

Money attracts blood, so true. This is quite impressive and knowledgeable. This is astounding talent. A great accomplishment to life. I have so much gratitude for you all and such magnificent handiwork. Much prosperity to the clans 😍♥️♥️♥️♥️

@nanaabenanyamekye9708 3 жыл бұрын

Wooow! Thank you

@monifakincaid6096 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! Thank you for this information!

@Humble_African 3 жыл бұрын

Now I wanna buy Kente from this guy

@richardkwesi427 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 too word Tanx i love you all ❤️ one love to you all ❤️

@richardkwesi427 3 жыл бұрын

i love you too word Tanx

@Tentegen 2 жыл бұрын

Are we, like, missing whole sections of him talking? There is a part where there is no subtitles and he literally says the english word 'Red'. There is just large streches of him speaking.........and there are just no subtitles at all.

@artdesignandmake7425 3 жыл бұрын

May I please use a part of this brilliant video in an educational video for my children at school?

@yenkassa 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you may! Let's know how it went and don't forget to subscribe and hit the like and bell buttons to be notified for upcoming videos.

@artdesignandmake7425 3 жыл бұрын

@@yenkassa Thank you so much!

@baffoeelvis8316 Жыл бұрын

I thank God we were able to defend kente from Nigeria's culture snatchers

@halimanyongesa4595 3 жыл бұрын

How can one access Chief Kente Designer, Akwesi Kwarteng, ? kindly share the contact information .thank you .

@yenkassa 3 жыл бұрын

Sure. I will add to the description section above.

@yenkassa 3 жыл бұрын

Bonwire kente weaving center

@elitomegah7192 3 жыл бұрын

This history is different from what I read. According to what I read, they learnt how to make kente from the Ewes... the ewes and gas brought kente to Ghana. Any way thanks for the enlightenment😊

@gingerbreadmangangafarmer2251 3 жыл бұрын

What do the Ewes and Gas call Basket in their language?

@yenkassa 3 жыл бұрын

Please share your sources so we can research and add to this. This story is verified by several sources. BTW, feel free to connect us to any Ewe Kente expert/historian so we can interview them.

@mawuliahiable6178 Жыл бұрын

Gas dont have any claim to kente weaving. The part of ewe land that weaves kente have ancestors from ashanti. We got the culture from ashantis. There is no ewe word for this cloth. We have to stop claiming others culture.

@Shirley8 Жыл бұрын

@@mawuliahiable6178 "Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter"

@wholesalemanager3456 Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y8-Thc2Ap7rZh2w.html Kente is from Bontouku Bono Gyaman

@abibitumiholistics Жыл бұрын

Thanks (medase pa) I really enjoyed this as I’m always studying real accurate (our story) how can I connect to purchase Kente from this brother??

@yenkassa Жыл бұрын

Contact is in the description above 🙏🏾

@1hundredlifestyle169 3 жыл бұрын

🏆🏆🏆

@lahuntasease5741 2 жыл бұрын

Well I found out that the Kente cloth goes back further during the time of King Solomon

@listenup2882 3 жыл бұрын

So those fabrics were developed only recently? I thought they had an ancient history.

@yenkassa 2 жыл бұрын

Well, it depends on what is ancient for you:).

@richardkwesioti3086 3 жыл бұрын

Hi boy too would

@Shirley8 Жыл бұрын

With all due respect are we not going to touch on the influence the Ewe culture and weavers had and still have? What is the saying again "Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter"

@yenkassa Жыл бұрын

Yes, that story is in the works. I hear there is a debate on the origins of the name Kente and the cloth in general… btw, Ewe kente weaving is slowly becoming a thing of the past because of the current trend of supplying Kumasi with the Asante Kente.

@richardkwesi427 3 жыл бұрын

Azeepa

@richardkwesioti3086 3 жыл бұрын

Boy too much like it's going hi

@e.o.mensah Жыл бұрын

Its was one Asante king who sent some number of kyekyen cloth makers to the ewe people in somewhere to learn how to weave the kente cloth. The kente cloth actually originate from the ewe people of togo

@xtiannyarko6015 6 ай бұрын

You want to explain someone's history with no evidence😂😂😂, you go explain taya

@rocioguevaraobando9075 Жыл бұрын

Excellent! Gracias. Thanks. Merci. 😊🙏🌻