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Sunday, July 7, 2013

Artisan: Adams Salifu

Adams Salifu a Kente weaver. Adams Salifu is a kente weaver and adinkra printer from Ntonso, a village near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. He is the Secretary of the Amangoase (meaning ''under the mango tree'') Association. His association advocates for its weavers, printers, and traders to use traditional methods of textile production. He has also participated in various HIV/AIDS awareness programs within Ntonso and throughout the district. Like most young men in Ntonso, Adams learned his weaving and printing from his father. It is important to the people of Ntonso to pass down their craft from generation to generation.

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