Stock photography, photos: Weaving Village - Ghana

Stock photos of A panoramic view of the Bonwire craft village near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, West Africa. Bonwire is known for its weavers who use treadle looms to create kente cloth, which is worn by Ashanti royalty. Kente cloth has become synonymous with African pride and is frequently worn by African Americans as a symbol of their shared ancestry.


Photograph: © Robert Burch

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Keywords associated with this stock photo: Ghana, Africa, west Africa, gold coast, bonwire, kente, kente cloth, cloth, textiles, fabric, Ashanti region, craft, handicraft, weaving, looms, weavers