Bonwire

Bonwire is a village near Kumasi renowned as the traditional home of kente weaving, the brilliantly patterned cloth associated with Asante royalty and Ghanaian identity worldwide. Weavers work at narrow horizontal looms, interlacing silk and cotton threads into strips that are sewn together into full cloths, each pattern carrying a name and meaning. Visitors can watch the painstaking process and buy directly from artisans. The village's reputation for kente stretches back centuries and remains central to its economy and culture.