Kente cloth

But first, I want to take you to something a little bit interesting and cultural when it comes to Africa.

You may not have heard about something called a kente cloth.

Kente cloth, K-E-N-T-E.

Now, a kente cloth is a very colorful, garment robe pattern that certain tribes in Western Africa have been using for generations.

Many of you might think of the beautiful colors, the headdresses, the flowing robes, and the bright colors and patterns that many people of Africa wear.

A lot of those colors, patterns are traced back to their lineage, to their legacy, to their community, or the tribe that they belong to.

One of the associating factors of tribes is the clothes that they wear, or more specifically, the patterns, colors, and clothing that help identify them as a specific tribe.

lineage or tribe or community.

Because your sister is not in Ghana, you are adding money, money.

Kente is 2,000, you are making it 5,000.

So the 3,000 is in your pocket.

You are...

What? Only white is acceptable in heaven? Suppose I want a black robe.

Well, personally, I think my robe will be Kente Claw.

Think about it, my brother.

This has been Jamal Kingsley, the Militant Man.

Ɛsɛ mi wɔ studio inside ha no nti me network no, ęka mi yii.

Sese, bɛyɛ mma ni nyinaa ęware wɔ aborɔkyiefor hɔ a otumi sɛ kente.

Kente?

Ɛne, ę, traditional clothes yaa na ọmɔ nyinaa-

Ɛmɔ papa yinaa de adi yiye mmere wɔmɔ yɛna ayɛ fɛfɛ.

It's made in narrow strips that are sewn together and real bright colored patterns.

There's a picture of some Kente in the Africa section of the book.

The more famous town for Kente is very typical of a lot of third world countries where when Western people come there, you're besieged.

The minute you land, every kid is trying to carry your bag or do something for you to earn a dime, a nickel, a buck, whatever.

You come out of the airport and 15 guys want to carry your bag.

Yeah.

Definitely not in the Kente.

Akufo-Addo was there.

Mm-hmm.

But, but-

Why would you wear a durag, um, glasses, and then ‹wu befrantw ma›, and I'm like-

And this is, like, some rich Kente, too.

Sometimes, eh, like-