Clarke co-curated "Glass Beads of Ghana" with Ghanaian field researcher Suzanne Gott, who has contributed many of the beads she collected in Ghana since the 1990s to Newark.

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 ...

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, ...

A renowned Ghanaian bead maker Thursday stressed the need for Ghana to build a multi-purpose museum to showcase its rich traditional beads and handicraft. Nomoda Ebenezer Djaba, who owns a bead making ...

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 ...

The Eastern Regional Minister, Akwasi Akyem Appea-Kubi, has stated that the bead industry is the economic backbone of the region, and the pleasure of enriching the ceremonial life of its inhabitants.

Some years ago, beads were mainly used by royals, women and some particular tribes in Ghana but recently, both men and women, children and adults seem to have developed some heightened liking for ...

KUCHING: Powder glass beads from Ghana will be among the items showcased at the Third Borneo International Bead Conference 2013.

Orgainsed by Oguns Centre for Beads Research and Beads Museum to alleviate poverty through acquiring skills in beads production, 20 unemployed women will undergo a-19-day training workshop in each ...

Ghanaian scientists have designed beads to educate mothers to accurately monitor children’s respiratory rates and diagnose signs of pneumonia. According to the WHO, in 2015 pneumonia accounted ...

Waist beads are very common accessories in Ghana. If you are a lady you may have worn them a few times and if you are a guy you may have seen them around family members or your female significant ...

Masoom, another University of Ghana student, said he thought women looked good in beads. "It's attractive," he told CNN. "They [women] are more African when they wear their beads than usual.