Lombard resident Georgina “Gina” Fofana wants to get Chicagoland waisted — as in getting adorned with strands of decorative Ghanaian beads worn around the hips and waistline. For the past year, the ...

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 ...

Portia Ofori, Beads Trader at Tema, has explained that in Ghanaian traditional systems, beads depict royalty, while the feminine types make a woman complete, “without beads around the waist a woman is ...

While people of all races and ethnicities wear waist beads, this accessory undeniably has African origins, worn by both men and women in numerous African societies for generations. They are single or ...

Glass Beads of Ghana. Where: Newark Museum, 49 Washington St., Newark. When: Through June 15, 2009. Noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and ...

'Ahwenepa nkasa', literally translated in Asante Twi as "good beads don’t speak." Speak of beads and you refer to one of the most iconic accessories of feminine sexuality in Ghanaian culture. Worn ...

Waist beads are a traditional African accessory that consist of small glass beads on a string or wire worn around the waist or hips. They come in different colours and shapes and may also include ...

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Sometimes she sets the mood for romance with her man by tying a bunch of sweet scents on her waist beads Ohangla musician Otieno Aloka sings that Kanungo e Teko (the waist is where the strength lies).

As long as I can remember waist beads have been a symbol of pride, femininity, tradition and heritage. I grew up in Nigeria and the delicate accessory worn around a woman’s stomach and waist is rooted ...