The Ashanti people, in their native Akan and Ashanti dialects, instead refer to Kente cloth as “nwentoma”.
In the Ashanti origin story, Kente cloth is said to be traced back to two farmers from the Bonwire Village, named Krugu Amoaya and Watah Kraban.
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Kente comes from the word kenten, which means "basket" in the Asante dialect of the Akan language, referencing its basket-like pattern. In Ghana, the Akan ethnic group also refers to kente as nwentoma, meaning "woven cloth".(alert-success)
