{"id":432123,"date":"2017-10-31T00:37:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T00:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/nana-asaase-featured-in-cnn-kente-documentary\/"},"modified":"2017-10-31T00:37:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T00:37:36","slug":"nana-asaase-featured-in-cnn-kente-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/nana-asaase-featured-in-cnn-kente-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Asaase featured in CNN \u2018kente\u2019 documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Monday, 30 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-30<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/79522550.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Asaase Cnn2\" title=\"Nana Asaase Cnn2\" width=\"295\" height=\"156\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Nana Asaase<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150909143371422\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150909143371422\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1509410256_658_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Poet and literary coach Philip Dua Oyinka, known in showbiz circles as Nana Asaase has been featured in a documentary on CNN\u2019s \u2018Inside Africa.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The documentary captures the history, art and importance of the \u2018kente\u2019 cloth.<\/p>\n<p>In the documentary, Nana Asaase is seen performing a poem themed on \u2018kente\u2019 with his deep weave of words that evoke the spirit of Ghanaian oration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, I see the kente-weaving process to be generic to any art form like poetry, before you set of to write. The master does not just get up and throw anything about in the loom. No. To me, I compare it to a dream state where in his sleep he communes with his muse or his creator, who lends  him the secret of what he\u2019s about to do,\u201d he said in the documentary.<\/p>\n<p>Kente is a hand \u2013 woven Ghanaian cloth with yarns of different types and colours. It is believed to have developed in the 17th Century A.D. by the Ashanti people but archaeologists also trace its roots in a long tradition of weaving in Africa dating back to about 3000 B.C.<\/p>\n<p>In the olden days, it was the preserve on the royalty, sacred functions and the affluent. It signified wealth and power. 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