About this tour

Kente is an Asante and Ewe ceremonial cloth hand-woven on a horizontal treadle loom. Tafi Abuife is one of the locations amongst the popular kente weaving villages in the Ewe lands.

Kente Village is a very small town in the Tafi Traditional Area in the Volta Region of Ghana. You can witness the skill of young Kente weavers. Every child is taught the art of weaving kente upon reaching the age of seven – as a birthright, responsibility, and means of making money. The ‘click clack’ sound of looms can be heard across the village.

Kente weaving was inspired by intricate spider webs in the ancient forests of Ghana. Legend says that two hunters found an exceptional web, and studied its designs and patterns for two days. Afterwards, they returned to their village to implement what they had seen. Kente was known as the ‘cloth of kings’ due to the cost and time required to weave it. Even with modern-day technology, it is still woven by hand.