Ghana’s Kente fabric has gotten a huge boost as Black American students from the prestigious Harvard University are craving for Kente stolls for graduation ceremonies.
It is likely that Howard University, the best black historic university in USA, would also buy the idea of allowing their graduating students to use Ghana’s Kente stolls.
The craze for Kente stolls followed the premiering of the documentary film on Kente, “The importance of Kente to Ghanaians and Black Americans” by Amma Prempeh last February, at Harvard University.
The award winning Journalist, Lawyer and the Director and Executive Producer of the film then negotiated for Harvard University to order their students graduation scarfs from Bonwire, which has eventually created jobs for the Bonwire weavers through the Harvard Kennedy school graduation order.
The first batch of 37 Kente stolls is ready to be delivered to Harvard Kennedy School.
As a result of the successful transaction in the Harvard-Bonwire linkage, Howard University is also seeking to negotiate for its students to get authentic Kente for their graduating students through Amma Prempeh. The deal is yet to be formalised this week.
If the deal goes through, Bonwire weavers would be weaving for both Harvard & Howard University for every graduation.
The Bonwire Kente industry is about to soar from orders from both Harvard and Howard Universities for every graduation ceremony at reasonable prices.
