Three students from the Department of Textiles and Fashion Education at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have exhibited their original fabric designs at an international colloquium in South Africa focused on identity, heritage and unity.
The students — Inkoom Agyiri Charles, Flavia Mansa Ganyo and Beatrice Appiah — presented their works at the “Ink and Identity”: An Intercontinental Colloquium on Identity, Heritage and Unity, held on April 23 and 24, 2026 at the Centre for Visual Impairment Studies, Groenkloof Campus, University of Pretoria.
Their fabric designs drew inspiration from traditional Adinkra motifs and other Ghanaian cultural symbols, which they reinterpreted into fresh and contemporary textile patterns.
The exhibition brought together works from students of several institutions across Africa and Europe, including the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in South Africa, Komenda College of Education in Ghana, Kimvuka Ntuka Kongo in Congo-Brazzaville, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, and the University of Pretoria.
The event provided a platform for cross-cultural exchange and gave the UEW students the opportunity to present a visual language rooted in Ghanaian heritage while engaging with participants from other countries.
In addition to the student exhibition, Prof. Osuanyi Quaicoo Essel of UEW presented a paper titled “An Investigation into Ghanaian Hair Beauty Culture Visual Symbolisms.”
His presentation contributed to the broader discussions at the colloquium on how visual and material culture can be used to explore identity, heritage and unity.
The participation of the three students and Prof. Essel has been described as a notable representation of Ghanaian creativity and scholarship on the international stage.
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