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kente|ˈkɛntə|
Also Kente.
[Twi, = cloth.]
In full, kente cloth. In Ghana, a banded material; also, a long garment made from this material, loosely draped on or worn around the shoulders and waist.
[1881J. G. Christaller Dict. Asante & Fante Lang. 228 Kente, country cloth, a home-made negro-dress, consisting of a number of narrow stripes of cotton-cloth sewed together.] 1957M. Banton W. Afr. City xii. 218 They may forsake western dress for Kente cloth. 1959A. Abbs Ashanti Boy i. 38 The Chief was dressed in a gorgeous silk Kente... He was accompanied by some elders and friends, all wearing colourful Kentes..with quick, characteristic swings of the right arm, each man re-arranged his cloth. Ibid. 255 Kente, cloth woven on native loom, usually in narrow strips that are sewn together. The designs are geometrical and each one has a distinctive name. 1962Times 23 Nov. 4/2 The Ghanaian girls came past in their Kente dresses of gold, dark blue or deep pink and mauve. 1963Economist 1 June 894/1 The confident swirling of Ghanaian kente robes. 1964Ibid. 8 Feb. 488/2 Dr Nkrumah..intends to clutch his people by the lapels (or kente cloths). 1969Times 22 Oct. (Ghana Suppl.) p. viii/4 Not even the..King of the Ashanti, knows much more than six weeks in advance when he is going to hold his durbah..when the Golden Stool of the Ashanti is paraded before a crowd robed in its gaudiest kente cloth. |