Abdul Sattar stands in a dimly lit aisle surrounded by dozens of electric-powered looms that make a rhythmic din several ...

Kente is a prestigious royal cloth of Ghana’s Asante people ... town of Bonwire who contributed to the Asante kente weaving were Ota Kraban and Nana Osei Kuffour. Ota Kraban engineered the first loom, ...

When he arrived in Bhiwandi as a 15-year-old boy, workshops weaving cloth on the looms were thriving, providing ready jobs for many unskilled workers from far-flung villages in north India.

Artisans with visual impairment practice the skill of hand weaving. Amid the rack and clatter of hand looms turning spooled fibers into yards of colorful cloth, spirted voices rise over the din at ...