The influence of Kente on the world's modern culture in social life, politics, and symbolism Kente cloth has become popular around the world in recent decades, but its roots go back to Ghana and specifically, its southern region, known as the Ashanti region. The Ashanti are a part of the Akan people group. “Kente” is an Akan/Ashanti word meaning basket, but the Akan also refers to the material as “nwentoma,” meaning woven cloth. Some Ghanaian history suggests that the Ewe tribe, in addition to the Ashanti, could have played a role in the origin of Kente. The Ewe ’s are well-known expert s in weaving, and they have a word in their language, “Kete,” a combination of the words ke (“open”) and te (“press”), referring to the actions of the weaving loom, from which the word Kente might have derived. Whatever the exact facts of Kente’s origins might be, there is a lovely Ashanti legend about two farmers who were enthralled with a spider’s web and tried to r...
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