Glass Beads of Ghana. Where: Newark Museum, 49 Washington St., Newark. When: Through June 15, 2009. Noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and ...

KUCHING: Powder glass beads from Ghana will be among the items showcased at the Third Borneo International Bead Conference 2013. A talk on these beads will be conducted by Akwele Suma Glory, a ...

Krobo, Ghana (CNN)-- A new generation of Ghanaians are rediscovering their heritage -- and rediscovering the appeal of traditional beads. Many Ghanaians used to associate beads with an old-fashioned ...

Just like diamonds in Western culture, beads are a Krobo girl’s best friend. Throughout her life, custom requires that a Krobo woman’s waist be adorned with the pretty little gems. But more than that, ...

In the Ghanaian traditional system beads depict royalty, and make women complete, but in recent times the infusion of fashion is denigrating the cultural essence of the traditional beads by gradually ...

Fatu Gbedema sat in the lobby at the Pegasus Hotel attired in her colourful African print accessorized by her beaded bracelets, ring and earrings; hers because she made them. Fatu has been making ...

Portia Ofori, Beads Trader at Tema, has explained that in Ghanaian traditional systems, beads depict royalty, while the feminine types make a woman complete, “without beads around the waist a woman is ...