ReKente
Hand-finished in Ghana
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Made to order · cut by hand in Ghana

Collect them like art. Wear them like sneakers.

Real kente, cut and stitched onto the shoe by hand in Ghana. Pick a design and your size and we build your pair. Wear them out, or line them up on the shelf.

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Pick your design and your size.

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It's cut and stitched by hand in Ghana.

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It shows up in 3 to 4 weeks.

The Classic Low

Five designs · $80 each

Sizing Built on a Converse Chuck base, so your usual Chuck size is your size. US men's 6 to 12, half sizes in 7.5, 8.5 and 9.5. Women, size down two: a women's 9 is a men's 7.

ReKente The Classic Low in Ashanti Gold

Ashanti Gold

Warm orange and gold, named for the home of kente weaving.

$80 free shipping Order
ReKente The Classic Low in Makola Market

Makola Market

Loud, bright, alive, named for Accra's great market.

$80 free shipping Order
ReKente The Classic Low in Accra Midnight

Accra Midnight

White adinkra-style symbols on deep black.

$80 free shipping Order
ReKente The Classic Low in Kumasi Red

Kumasi Red

Deep red and a golden sun, for the Ashanti capital.

$80 free shipping Order
ReKente The Classic Low in Volta Blue

Volta Blue

Cool white on royal blue, for the Volta and its river.

$80 free shipping Order
Fatarazy Segla, the artist who makes ReKente pairs, outside his shop in Ghana
Fatarazy Segla, at his shop in Ghana

Why we make them

A piece of Ghana you can wear.

Every pair is cut and stitched by Fatarazy Segla, an artist who has spent years covering shoes in kente and African print. When you order, we order from him. There is no factory in the middle.

For work like his, there isn't much of a market outside tourism, and tourism doesn't reach everyone. A pair sold here is steady work in his shop, which is the point of the whole thing.

Every shoe starts as a pair that already exists. We give it a second life instead of putting a new one into the world, and because the cloth is cut by hand, no two come out the same.

ReKente comes out of The Essence of Ghana, which has been taking people to Ghana for years. This is for the times you can't go. Something of Ghana to keep with you, and to bring home.

And when you can go, we take people there. Eight days in Ghana, March 2027 →

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