The people of Agotime Traditional area in the Volta Region have celebrated this year’s Kente Festival, with a call for the patenting of kente and a rebranding project to uphold the economic and cultural values of the people. The Osie of Avatime, Togbe AdzaTekpor VII, who made the call, said the patent would protect the values and designs of kente and avoid imitations. He was speaking at the 2016 edition of the Kente Festival, known as the “Agbamevorza” of the people of Agotime Traditional Area in the Agotime–Ziope District of the Volta Region last Saturday. Agotime has the highest concentration of kente weavers in West Africa and kente weaving is a major...
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