Kente Weaving Workshop & Makola Market — Craft Culture of Accra
📍 Accra, Ghana
About This Experience
Kente is not souvenir fabric. It is a communication system. Each pattern has a name and a meaning, and the placement of colours conveys status, occasion and family lineage. I run weaving workshops in my studio where you sit at a traditional loom and make a small piece under instruction, then we go to Makola Market where I introduce you to the fabric traders who are my friends — and you understand what you're looking at because you've now made it yourself.
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Meet Your Guide & Host
I'm a textile designer and cultural educator from Kumasi who relocated to Accra. I run workshops in traditional Kente weaving and take people through the local markets where nothing is staged. Ghana's craft culture is extraordinary and almost nobody who visits actually sees it. I want to change that.
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How long is "Kente Weaving Workshop & Makola Market — Craft Culture of Accra"?
This experience lasts approximately 4 hours.
How much does "Kente Weaving Workshop & Makola Market — Craft Culture of Accra" cost?
It's $20 per person. You book and message your guide in the Local Guide app.
What languages is it offered in?
Kwame Asante hosts this experience in English, Twi.
Who is my guide?
Kwame Asante, a local guide based in Accra. I'm a textile designer and cultural educator from Kumasi who relocated to Accra. I run workshops in traditional Kente weaving and take people through the local markets where nothin
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