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- 4 hours worth of material
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- English
Course Overview
Textiles in Ghana carry a far greater importance than you might expect. This free course will help you to understand how textiles can carry an assortment of meanings and values, including wealth, ...
Course Circullum
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 The meanings and values of textiles in Ghana
- 1 The meanings and values of textiles in Ghana
- 2 Definitions
- 2 Definitions
- 2.1 Kente
- 2.2 Adinkra
- 2.3 Making kente
- 2.4 The manufacture of kente
- 2.5 Making adinkra
- 2.6 Questions
- 3 Making
- 3 Making
- 3.1 The people who make kente
- 3.2 The people who make adinkra
- 3.3 Training to weave kente
- 3.4 Training to make adinkra
- 3.5 What can we learn?
- 4 Using
- 4 Using
- 4.1 The functions of kente
- 4.2 The meaning of kente designs
- 4.3 The functions of adinkra
- 4.4 The meanings of adinkra
- 4.5 Questions
- 5 History
- 5 History
- 5.1 History of kente
- 5.2 History of adinkra
- 5.3 Addressing the issues
- 6 Selling
- 6 Selling
- 6.1 Marketing cloth in Ghana
- 6.2 The marketing of prints in Kumasi market
- 7 Conclusion
- 7 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
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This Course Include:
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 The meanings and values of textiles in Ghana
- 1 The meanings and values of textiles in Ghana
- 2 Definitions
- 2 Definitions
- 2.1 Kente
- 2.2 Adinkra
- 2.3 Making kente
- 2.4 The manufacture of kente
- 2.5 Making adinkra
- 2.6 Questions
- 3 Making
- 3 Making
- 3.1 The people who make kente
- 3.2 The people who make adinkra
- 3.3 Training to weave kente
- 3.4 Training to make adinkra
- 3.5 What can we learn?
- 4 Using
- 4 Using
- 4.1 The functions of kente
- 4.2 The meaning of kente designs
- 4.3 The functions of adinkra
- 4.4 The meanings of adinkra
- 4.5 Questions
- 5 History
- 5 History
- 5.1 History of kente
- 5.2 History of adinkra
- 5.3 Addressing the issues
- 6 Selling
- 6 Selling
- 6.1 Marketing cloth in Ghana
- 6.2 The marketing of prints in Kumasi market
- 7 Conclusion
- 7 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Provider:OpenLearn
- Certificate:Certificate Available
- Language:English
- Duration:4 hours worth of material
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