Akosua Mensah
Kente weaver — Bonwire
Akosua is among the women weaving kente in Bonwire, where the craft was long male. Each strip carries a name; she assembles them into cloth read like a sentence.
Territory
Ghana
Kente strip-weaving and brass casting carried from Bonwire to Accra studios.
Ateliers
Cultural stories
Bonwire: reading kente thread by thread
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