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Modernizing Kente cloth manufacture

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December 4, 2025

Only authentic Kente woven in Ghana can now be marketed internationally. That's because the UN granted the iconic fabric special protection recently. Now, one entrepreneur is offering support to the people at the center of the centuries-old tradition – the weavers.

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