: colorfully patterned cloth traditionally woven by hand in Ghana
called alsokente
Examples of kente cloth in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebBut where’s the footage of her draped in a kente cloth while heretically bending the knee for George Floyd?—Armond White, National Review, 25 Oct. 2023 With a 33-seat restaurant appointed with terra-cotta and indigo walls and handmade kente cloth pillows and lamps, as well as an upper-level bar and event space with standing room for 100, the new setup allows for plenty of room for its founder’s two creative outlets: dinner and D. J.ing.—New York Times, 14 July 2022 Sporting a traditional headwrap made from Ghanaian kente cloth while holding up her trophy, Osaka paid tribute to the Haitian side of her family, where similar West African styles are used to mark significant or sentimental moments in their wearers’ lives.—Liam Hess, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2020 Wearing kente cloth and kneeling on the floor?—Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for kente cloth
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