How do take care of my kente?
Kente cloth is usually only worn on formal occasions. I call in the Ghanaian tuxedo. Similar to a tuxedo, machine washing or hand washing is not recommended. Matter of fact, a kente cloth is not supposed to be washed. If you really need to wash it, I would suggest bringing it to a dry cleaner. Hand washing or usual machine washing the cloth will loosen the stitching and weaving. In the past, color dies have also not been color fast so they would blend together and/or fade considerably … that should not be problem with new kente cloth.
