THE FABRIC OF OUR LIVES: A Coda To the Met Madness
An Essay for the catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Anna Wintour Costume Institute's Spring Exhibition “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”
Many first encounter kente as a meandering bridge to a distant concept of Africanness — it is an essential construct of the diaspora, yet its locus is not popularly known. Still, it has endeared itself to the collective as a beacon of Blackness, a symbol of home. It belongs to us, and we can wear and share it, as long as it remains ours.
Kente, a traditi…