Wrapped in Pride : Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity

Foreword 9(2) Acknowledgments 11(4) Notes to the Reader 15(4) Introduction: Fine Weaves and Tangled Webs 19(12) Doran H. Ross Asante: Kingdom of Cloth 31(8) Doran H. Ross A Beautiful Cloth Does Not Wear Itself 39(22) Doran H. Ross In Place of Kente 58(3) Maternal Legacies: A Weave of Stories 61(4) Abena P. A. Busia The Gods Wear Kente 65(10) Raymond A. Silverman Scenes of Bonwire 70(2) Signs of Bonwire 72(3) The Loom and Weaving Technology 75(22) Doran H. Ross Singing about Kente 92(2) Bonwire Kente Festival 94(3) Samuel Cophie, Master Weaver 97(10) Anne Spencer Women Weavers in Bonwire 102(2) Accra Textile Market 104(3) Asante Cloth Names and Motifs 107(20) Doran H. Ross Cloth in Eweland: Historical Perspectives 127(24) Agbenyega Adedze Central Ewe and Agotime Weaving 146(2) Muhammad Ali 148(3) Kente and Its Image Outside of Ghana 151(42) Doran H. Ross Simple Sly 188(2) Dolls 190(3) Pride and Avarice: Kente and Advertising 193(10) Nii O. Quarcoopome Pride and Dignity 203(70) Betsy D. Quick Stoles for All Occasions 266(2) ``Still Rise'' 268(2) Panafest'97 270(3) Fashioned Heritage 273(58) Doran H. Ross Catalog of Asante and Ewe Weaving 291(40) Appendix 1: Technical Analysis of Selected Cloths 331(4) Mary Jane Leland Appendix 2: Glossary of Weaving Terms 335(3) Appendix 3: Accession Numbers 338(1) Notes to the Text 338(3) References Cited 341