Ashanti

Ghana • Language: Twi

Sometimes spelled, Asante. They practice farming and animal husbandry, and their matrilineal social system. The Ashanti people are known for weaving colorful silken threads into Kente Cloth, a source of great pride.
 
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Here is a collection of panAFRICAproject images by Lou Jones pertaining to the ethnographic group of "Ashanti":