Kente

The word Kente is connected with a hand-woven cloth composed of radiant and active shades of striped materials, the strips being assembled to symbolize unity in diversity. This theme motivated the name of the favorite Ghanaian group Kente, who’ve played their make of root base reggae promoting dark recognition since their development in the first 90s. These are among many Ghanaian performers, including Felix Bell and Swapo, to possess embraced and been motivated by Jamaican music. In 1992 the group hosted and effectively backed Ziggy Marley AS WELL AS THE Melody Makers on the tour of Ghana. In addition they played at both 1992 and 1994 Panafest celebrations, where they performed with Stevie Question, Jermaine Jackson, General public Enemy, as well as the Seems Of Blackness, alongside African reggae celebrities Lucky Dube and Alpha Blondy. In 1995 the group found the attention from the German-based African Dance Information organization, who created and released their debut, CONTINUE Moving. The recording led to an effective winter season tour of Germany. Within their early years the music group had offered support to Jah Shaka throughout a tour of Western Africa, and in 1997 these were reunited with him with an acclaimed UK tour celebrating Ghana’s 40 years of self-reliance. The tour included a sensational performance from the group at the fundamental Festival.