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The Founding Cohort
These are the inaugural records of the Registry — the first master weavers documented as the Registry begins its work. More entries will be added as fieldwork continues across Ghana’s six Geographical Indication-recognised weaving communities and the diaspora.
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Cecilia Akpene Yevu
One of the few women weaving Ewe Kente in Agotime-Kpetoe, and blind: Cecilia Akpene Yevu works entirely by touch, memory and discipline.
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Christian Kofi Hodor (Aba)
Fellow weavers call him one of Kpetoe’s finest writers – able to weave words, maps and human figures directly into the cloth’s structure.
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Foster Ahiagba
No single master taught him. Foster Ahiagba learned by watching Kpetoe’s weavers, then slipping onto their looms while they rested.
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Frank Yao Agidi
Frank Yao Agidi weaves Adanuvor, the pattern-to-pattern style of Ewe Kente, at Agotime-Akpokope. His 2026 competition cloth, named Joy by its buyer, took first…
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Gator Gbogbo
Gator Gbogbo weaves pictures where others weave pattern: a map of Ghana, and his own name and telephone number, in thread.
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Justice Abusah, Soedzedey Weaving Lineage, Agbozume
At the loom from age four, then through university textile studies: Justice Abusah can read a cloth and tell woven image from print.
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Nana Akwessi Afrane, Chief Weaver of Asante?
His cloth is in the British Museum; his story is almost gone. Chief weaver of Asante, recorded once, in 1981, as vendor.
