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Time: 4 hours
Level: Introductory
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 Introduction Resource- This unit looks at the way meanings and values are assigned to textiles. You will examine how a piece of cloth can define wealth, status, and, in the past, office.
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| | 1 The meanings and values of textiles in Ghana
- 1 The meanings and values of textiles in Ghana Resource
- This unit looks at three kinds of textile used and marketed in Kumasi and its surrounding towns in Ghana – the hand-made textiles of kente and adinkra and industrially produced waxed cottons – in order...
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- 2.1 Kente Resource
- Section 2 introduces you to cloth making in Ghana. In particular, you’ll learn the basics about kente and adinkra, the two main techniques used.
- 2.2 Adinkra Resource
- Once you’ve watched the video, use your own words to explain what adinkra is.
- 2.3 Making kente Resource
- Once you’ve watched the video, explain how kente is made.
- 2.4 The manufacture of kente Resource
- Once you’ve watched the video, describe the materials used in the manufacturing of kente.
- 2.5 Making adinkra Resource
- Once you’ve watched the video, explain how adinkra is made.
- 2.6 Questions Resource
- Now that you’ve been introduced to kente and adinkra, you might like to think about the questions in the activity below. The purpose of these questions is to encourage you to think about the broader issues...
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- 3.1 The people who make kente Resource
- In Section 3 you will learn more about the people who make kente and adinkra.
- 3.2 The people who make adinkra Resource
- Once you’ve watched the video, make a few notes on what you learnt about the people who make adinkra.
- 3.3 Training to weave kente Resource
- Once you’ve watched the video, make a few notes on how the kente weavers train.
- 3.4 Training to make adinkra Resource
- Once you’ve watched the video, make a few notes on how the makers of adinkra train.
- 3.5 What can we learn? Resource
- The next activity poses a question that should encourage you to bring together the various observations you made above.
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- 4.1 The functions of kente Resource
- In Section 4 you will learn about the many uses of kente and adinkra.
- 4.2 The meaning of kente designs Resource
- Once you’ve watched the video, explain, using your own words, what kente designs mean.
- 4.3 The functions of adinkra Resource
- Once you’ve watched the video, make a few notes on what you learnt about the functions of adinkra.
- 4.4 The meanings of adinkra Resource
- Once you’ve watched the video, make some notes on what you’ve learnt about the meanings of adinkra.
- 4.5 Questions Resource
- The final activity in this section asks you to bring together the observations you’ll have made after watching each section of video.
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- 5.1 History of kente Resource
- Once you’ve watched the video, make a few notes on what you learnt about the history of kente.
- 5.2 History of adinkra Resource
- Once you’ve watched the video, make a few notes on what you learnt about the history of adinkra.
- 5.3 Addressing the issues Resource
- Think back over the video evidence so far: what information and examples might you select, and how might you use these to address the issues raised there?
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- 6.1 Marketing cloth in Ghana Resource
- The market in Kumasi is arguably one of the largest in West Africa, and mostly anything can be found there, including lots of cloth. In this section you will learn about the marketing and selling of cloth...
- 6.2 The marketing of prints in Kumasi market Resource
- Once you’ve watched the video, make some notes on the marketing of wax prints and fancy prints in Kumasi market.
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- 7 Conclusion Resource
- Here are a few summary points to help you, in particular, with your thinking about Themes 1 and 2 above. As a further exercise, you might like to identify examples from the unit to illustrate these points....
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