Master Weaver from Ghana by Gilbert "Bobbo" Ahiagble & Louise Meyer
Book Conditions:
Hardcover $18 USD: Previously owned by library. Condition: good. The binding is tight and all pages are intact. The pages appear unmarked.
Hardcover $18 USD: Signed by co-author Louise Meyer and Previously owned by individual and has former owner’s name written. Condition: Good. The binding is tight and all pages are intact. The pages appear unmarked.
Additional pictures can be sent. Please email lifeisgood@thehcjunction.com for any additional questions.
About the Author & the Book:
A contemporary male weaver from Ghana explains how his people maintain the tradition of weaving, including an explanation of the strip weaving of Kente cloth and its importance in their Ewe culture.
Louise Meyer is an educator who seeks to awaken interest in the social and economic value of native handicraft. She was working at the Museum of African Art during Gilbert Bobbo Ahiagble's first U.S. visit in 1975. Later, while working on the Ivory Coast, she arranged an exhibition and workshop for Mr. Ahiagble that stimulated local weavers to further develop international and domestic markets. Ms. Meyer holds a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Maryland, and a diploma in African Studies from the Development Institute, Geneva, Switzerland. She resides in the native city, Washington, D.C.
Nestor Hernandez was introduced to photography in high school through the Urban Journalism Workshop of the Washington, D.C. Public Schools. For fifteen years he was photographer-in-residence- at the Capitol Children's Museum. As chief photographer for the Washington D.C. Public Schools, he photographed Bobbo demonstrating weaving at school children. While visiting Bobbo in Denu, he first learned to weave, and then took these photos. Nestor is of Afro-Cuban descent. His work is exhibited in Cuba and the United States.
Book Conditions:
Hardcover $18 USD: Previously owned by library. Condition: good. The binding is tight and all pages are intact. The pages appear unmarked.
Hardcover $18 USD: Signed by co-author Louise Meyer and Previously owned by individual and has former owner’s name written. Condition: Good. The binding is tight and all pages are intact. The pages appear unmarked.
Additional pictures can be sent. Please email lifeisgood@thehcjunction.com for any additional questions.
About the Author & the Book:
A contemporary male weaver from Ghana explains how his people maintain the tradition of weaving, including an explanation of the strip weaving of Kente cloth and its importance in their Ewe culture.
Louise Meyer is an educator who seeks to awaken interest in the social and economic value of native handicraft. She was working at the Museum of African Art during Gilbert Bobbo Ahiagble's first U.S. visit in 1975. Later, while working on the Ivory Coast, she arranged an exhibition and workshop for Mr. Ahiagble that stimulated local weavers to further develop international and domestic markets. Ms. Meyer holds a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Maryland, and a diploma in African Studies from the Development Institute, Geneva, Switzerland. She resides in the native city, Washington, D.C.
Nestor Hernandez was introduced to photography in high school through the Urban Journalism Workshop of the Washington, D.C. Public Schools. For fifteen years he was photographer-in-residence- at the Capitol Children's Museum. As chief photographer for the Washington D.C. Public Schools, he photographed Bobbo demonstrating weaving at school children. While visiting Bobbo in Denu, he first learned to weave, and then took these photos. Nestor is of Afro-Cuban descent. His work is exhibited in Cuba and the United States.
Book Conditions:
Hardcover $18 USD: Previously owned by library. Condition: good. The binding is tight and all pages are intact. The pages appear unmarked.
Hardcover $18 USD: Signed by co-author Louise Meyer and Previously owned by individual and has former owner’s name written. Condition: Good. The binding is tight and all pages are intact. The pages appear unmarked.
Additional pictures can be sent. Please email lifeisgood@thehcjunction.com for any additional questions.
About the Author & the Book:
A contemporary male weaver from Ghana explains how his people maintain the tradition of weaving, including an explanation of the strip weaving of Kente cloth and its importance in their Ewe culture.
Louise Meyer is an educator who seeks to awaken interest in the social and economic value of native handicraft. She was working at the Museum of African Art during Gilbert Bobbo Ahiagble's first U.S. visit in 1975. Later, while working on the Ivory Coast, she arranged an exhibition and workshop for Mr. Ahiagble that stimulated local weavers to further develop international and domestic markets. Ms. Meyer holds a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Maryland, and a diploma in African Studies from the Development Institute, Geneva, Switzerland. She resides in the native city, Washington, D.C.
Nestor Hernandez was introduced to photography in high school through the Urban Journalism Workshop of the Washington, D.C. Public Schools. For fifteen years he was photographer-in-residence- at the Capitol Children's Museum. As chief photographer for the Washington D.C. Public Schools, he photographed Bobbo demonstrating weaving at school children. While visiting Bobbo in Denu, he first learned to weave, and then took these photos. Nestor is of Afro-Cuban descent. His work is exhibited in Cuba and the United States.