Bonwire travel guide

Cultural Heritage Site

Visit Bonwire, 20km on the Kumasi-Antoa road. The craft village is famous for the finest hand-woven kente fabrics dating back several centuries. Experience the past and present of this colourful art, which was once described by R.S Rattray as “artistically beautiful” in the early 1900s. Grab the opportunity to bargain for quality kente cloth at reasonable prices. FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK OUT FOR "THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT: KENTE HERITAGE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA"- K.Y OPOKU (UNIVERSITY OF GHANA) AND " GUIDE TO THE CENTRE FOR NATIONAL CULTURE IN ASHANTI, GHANA: learning from cultural symbols and metaphors)

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kenoy75

Bonwire possesses the magic for tourists dilight.for over 3 centuries now its been a attraction centre for explorers, anthropologist like R.S Rattray and if you like heritage lodging tourists. what is unique about this place in GHANA is the hand-woven cloth called kente, which has passed on from one generation to another.

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