Cedi Beads Industry, Odumase-Krobo, Ghana
Mr. Cedi is a well-known bead maker in Ghana with the largest manufacturing compound in the country. He can be found in Odumase-Krobo, in the Manya-Krobo district of the Eastern Region. He is primed for visitors year round, offering accommodations and demonstrations.
Cedi Beads Industry - Part 1
Kazuri Bead Factory - Kenya
A trip to the Kazuri Bead Factory in Karen on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya.
Kazuri, which means small and beautiful in Swahili, began in 1975 as a tiny workshop experimenting on making ceramic beads made by hand.
The clay, which comes from Mount Kenya, is processed on-site, and there's a short tour of the workshop where around 340 women, most of them single mothers, produce the merchandise that's sold in shops throughout Kenya.
The factory is located in what used to be part of the Karen Blixen Estate (of the Academy Award winning film Out of Africa) fame. They started with two Kenyan women and soon discovered that there were many other women in the villages around Nairobi, most of whom were single mothers, who were in great need of regular employment. Driven by the desire to provide such opportunities, Kazuri has grown and today they have a large work force skilled in the making of handmade jewelry. They have further applied their knowledge of ceramics and the artistic flair that has made their necklaces so attractive, in the design and production of their own unique range of pottery-ware, which reflects the culture and wildlife of Kenya. Each piece, like our beads, is hand made and hand painted in rich colors and our range is extensive from individual collector pieces to dinnerware.
Cedi Beads Industry - Part 2
Film on glass beads: Ghana
Garbe Mohammed - the Bead Man of Ghana
On our recent trip to Ghana, we had a chance to speak to Garve Mohammed, who is a fourth-generation bead merchant with a stall at the famous Koforidua beads market.
He has been selling and trading beads across West Africa his whole working life - in Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and Mali. Garve has shared with us some of his most valuable beads - including chevron beads, Roman face beads and others.
Ghanaian beads are a fundamental part of the country's heritage. From Ghanaian waist beads to recycled glass beads, their popularity has been increasing over the past decade. Ghana's own Krobo beads are probably the most popular type of African beads!
Learn more about Ghanaian beads and Garbe's passion at WorldRemit Stories:
THE GHANAIAN BEADS HISTORY
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Making bauxite beads, Abompe, Ghana.
African beads and glass trade beads - CNN Report
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African beads, trade beads, and glass beads are back in fashion in Africa, according to this CNN Report.
Ghana: Artisans seek foreign partners
Daniel Nana Aforo, VoicesofAfrica mobile reporter in Accra, Ghana (22 November 2008) Two young talented artisans in their quest to expand their business are calling for international partnerships that are committed in the trade of indigenous Ghana and African products.
According to them the demands of their products are mostly tourist therefore when those are expanded internationally it would boast the sales in the Western Market.
This was said by Jacob Inusah and Mumuni Alidu when Africa News visited heir stand at the Legion Village near Airport Residential in Accra. They designed their own artistic works like beads, cloth, paintings, mascots, and emblems of African symbol.
Asked if the market was patronized they said it mainly the tourists who make high purchase since they found it interesting and hardly gets them in the Europe or Western world. Quite apart from that they said some Ghanaians also orders for their pen pals, and relatives abroad.
They said the market has declined due to the electioneering year and also is getting to Christmas and people are using their money for other ventures.
The duo doubles as musicians and according to them their dream are to come out with a reggae album that would be accepted not only in Ghana but internationally.
Ghana Trip to TK Beads
Debbie Simler-Goff visits TK Beads, a privately owned business in Ghana, that is sequestered behind a locked gate and barbed wire fences where they turn trash into beautiful beads.
The process is all done by hand, and begins with them grinding disposed of glass bottles into powder.
Truly the Ghanians are a resourceful and creative people.
More info on TK Beads can be found at:
More about Debbie Simler-Goff's trip to Ghana can be viewed at dsimlergoff.com
Hand making African (Ghana) trade beads
African trade beads were once used by traders as a form of currency and even as a form of ballast to keep ships upright during long voyages and at journeys end they were traded with American Indians for various goods. ghanamissionfund.org
Mole 2012 PART 4
Part 4 of The Mole: The Fifth Deception.
Friends Of Bonou
UK Charity Making and selling necklaces from African beads.
35-year-old Vida Adu earns 10 Ghana Cedis daily. (31-07-18)
MINIMUM WAGE: 35-year-old Vida Adu earns 10 Ghana Cedis daily.
Ghana Bead Making, Part 2
Moses pounds the glass into powder.
Part 1. Making Translucent Recycled Glass Beads - Koforidua, Ghana
Mr. Alex Oklah Tetteh can be found at stall B22 at the Koforidua Bead Market which meets on regular market days, Wednesday and Saturday as of 2014.
Pieces of broken glass containing the desired pigment are placed in kaolin coated molds. The glass is fired from 30 - 35 minutes. The mold is removed from the fire with a long metal spatula and the glass is shaped while hot with a metal pike.
Part 2. Making Translucent Recycled Glass Beads - Koforidua, Ghana
After the beads have cooled to ambient temperature, they are smoothed on a concrete slab and ready to be stringed.
THE PROCESS OF MAKING BEADS
Global Mamas: Recycled Glass Beadmaking
Watch Emmanuel and Joyce, Global Mamas beadmakers demonstrate the incredible process of recycled glass beadmaking. Through Global Mamas they are paid a fair living wage for their skills which allows them to sustainably support themselves and their family while preserving this traditional technique. Shop fair trade, handcrafted jewelry at shopglobalmamas.org #CreateBlackHistory