Kente designs are elements woven in a Kente cloth. Some designs are can be found in Kente patterns (example: Nyemfre, Nkyinkyim and Akuma designs are in Aburoo Ahaban pattern), and some designs are named as patterns (example: Agyene-gyene-nsu, Akyempem kwatia, Daakwansire and Nankatre).
Kente is connected with the Ewe and Ashanti people of Ghana and arose first in West Africa during the 17th century. Although most mainstream texts attribute Kente to the Ashanti, an alternate and credible view is that Kente originated with the Ewe people of Ghana who then passed it on to the Ashanti.
