Fabric of a Nation:
Textiles and identity in modern Ghana
Fabric of a Nation focuses on the
role of printed cloths and their designs as an expression of
cultural, social and political identity in modern Ghana, cutting
across ethnic and language differences.
This display was first shown at the British Museum in 2007 to
mark the 50th anniversary of Ghana’s independence from Britain (6
March 1957), attracting more than 55,000 visitors.
The exhibition was produced in partnership with the Department
of Archaeology (now the Department of Cultural and Heritage
Studies) of the University of Ghana at Legon as part of the British
Museum’s ongoing ‘Africa Programme’.
Wardown Park Museum, Luton
8 August – 8 November 2009
Horniman Museum, London
28 November 2009 – 28 February 2010
Image: Wax printed cloth "Weni behu naaso
w'ano enntumin nnka" (Your eyes can see, but your mouth cannot
say). Printed in Ghana, 2006.