Ghana

Ghana is celebrated for kente weaving, Akan gold craft, talking drums and adinkra symbol traditions.

Textile & dress Crafts Music & dance Food & cooking Language & oral

Knowledge in this place

Kente weaving

Kente weaving

Ashanti and Ewe weavers strip-weave silk and cotton into bright symbolic kente.

Textile & dress

Adinkra symbol stamping

Adinkra symbol stamping

Carved calabash stamps print proverb-bearing adinkra symbols on cloth.

Akan talking drums

Akan talking drums

The atumpan drums imitate spoken tones to relay messages and praise.

Fufu pounding

Fufu pounding

Cassava and plantain are pounded into a smooth fufu eaten with soups.

Anansesem storytelling

Anansesem storytelling

Anansesem are Akan trickster tales of the spider Anansi told with song.

Language & oral