Author : Debbi Chocolate
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 38,90 MB
Release : 1997-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0802775284
A rhyming description of the kente cloth costumes of the Ashanti and Ewe people of Ghana and a portrayal of the symbolic colors and patterns.
Author : Holly Littlefield
Publisher : First Avenue Editions
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 18,7 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781575053745
Explores the different colors found in Ghana's history, culture, and landscape.
Author : Holly Littlefield
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 33,74 MB
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761357971
What color is Ghana? It's brown like cocoa beans, blue like Lake Volta, and orange like the background threads in the Kyeretwie Kente Cloth pattern. Get to know Ghana in this beautifully illustrated introduction to a land once known as the Gold Coast.
Author : Richard Antwi-Boasiako
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 31,80 MB
Release : 2020-10-30
Category :
ISBN : 9780578779744
The evolution of the Ghana Bonwire Kente cloth. The meanings of the cloth names, the design names, and the colors used in Kente cloth weaving. The evolution of the Kente cloth from being a Royal cloth to being a cloth for all and for all occasions. The traditional and contemporary views on the Ghana Bonwire Kente cloth.
Author : Margaret Musgrove
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 20,94 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9780590987875
In this retelling of a tale from Ghana, a wondrous spider shows two Ashanti weavers how to make intricate, colorful patterns in the cloth that they weave.
Author : Cathie Hilterbran Cooper
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 12,47 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780810835429
Color and Shape Books for All Ages calls attention to more than 450 titles focused on the concepts of color and shape. The purposes of the color and shape books range from simply learning the names of colors or identifying simple shapes, to recognizing intricate geometric shapes, or even understanding how color affects responses, moods, and attitudes.
Author : E Asamoah-Yaw
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 11,45 MB
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 1524596825
This book is about the history of an African clothing material known as Kente cloth. All relevant cultural aspects of the cloth have been explained in details with several pictorial illustrations. The book traces Kente history and how it has been used since its invention, about four hundred years ago, by an Ashanti hunter. The two authors are Ashantis and traditionalists. The coauthor was born into the industry at Bonwire. He received a national award as Ghanas best Kente designer and weaver in 2008. His knowledge in the art of weaving and his lifetime exposure to Kente traditions makes it imperative for all those seeking knowledge about Kente, the genuine African fabric, to obtain a copy of this. The other important aspect this of book is the author. The book is the outcome of his intensive research on Kente cloth after his first publication (1993) of the book titled Kente Cloth: Introduction to History. This book is the history of Kente Cloth. It contains everything you need to know about this magnificent African cloth, which was created for special occasions only.
Author : Jerry G. White
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 47,79 MB
Release : 2021-07-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781734450453
Told by the griots (storytellers), the Anansi spider tales are believed to have originated from the Ashanti people in Ghana.
Author : Phil Mendez
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 26,81 MB
Release : 2005-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780439769938
Through the powers of a magical kente, a black snowman comes to life and helps young Jacob discover the beauty of his black heritage as well as his own self-worth.
Author : Rachel Isadora
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101649054
A favorite children's song becomes a colorful book filled with African wildlife Also known as "The Green Grass Grew All Around," this popular song has been recorded by artists from Barney to Captain Kangaroo. Now "the prettiest tree that you ever did see" is a lovely acacia tree, where a baby starling is just about to hatch. Rachel Isadora gives children a fun, easy way to follow along with the cumulative lyrics by using rebus icons for the repeated words, as she did with 12 Days of Christmas. Sheet music is also included, making this irresistible fun!
