Master Weaver from Ghana - Hardcover

Ahiagble, Gilbert; Meyer, Louise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 094088061X ISBN 13: 9780940880610

Publisher: Open Hand Pub Llc, 1998

Synopsis

A contemporary male weaver from Ghana explains how his people maintain the tradition of weaving, including an explanation of the strip weaving of Kente cloth and its importance in their Ewe culture.

About this title

About the Author:

Louise Meyer is an educator who seeks to awaken interest in the social and economic value of native handicraft. She was working at the Museum of African Art during Gilbert Bobbo Ahiagble's first U.S. visit in 1975. Later, while working on the Ivory Coast, she arranged an exhibition and workshop for Mr. Ahiagble that stimulated local weavers to further develop international and domestic markets. Ms. Meyer holds a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Maryland, and a diploma in African Studies from the Development Institute, Geneva, Switzerland. She resides in the native city, Washington, D.C.

Nestor Hernandez was introduced to photography in high school through the Urban Journalism Workshop of the Washington, D.C. Public Schools. For fifteen years he was photographer-in-residence- at the Capitol Children's Museum. As chief photographer for the Washington D.C. Public Schools, he photographed Bobbo demonstrating weaving at school children. While visiting Bobbo in Denu, he first learned to weave, and then took these photos. Nestor is of Afro-Cuban descent. His work is exhibited in Cuba and the United States.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-5-A first-rate look at an art form that has been a livelihood in this African nation for hundreds of years. Information on Ahiagble and his family, featured in the book, with details about their lifestyle and the history and technique of strip weaving by the Ewe people, are clearly presented through text and full-color photographs. The authors convey a marvelous feeling for the life and culture of these Ghanaians. Useful suggestions for further reading and a glossary conclude the volume.
Alice DiNizo, Plainfield Public Schools, NJ
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Open Hand Pub Llc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 094088061X
• ISBN 13: 9780940880610
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Hernandez Nestor