A weaver at work on a traditional kente loom in Tafi, Volta region, Ghana.

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Craft centres in Volta Region

Tafi Abuife Kente Weaving Village · Photo: Warmglow · License: CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication · Source

The Volta Region is where Ghana's crafts are still made in the open, by hand, in the places people live. Come here and you can watch a weaver work a narrow loom at Tafi Abuife Kente Weaving Village, see pots shaped and smoke-blackened at the Kpando Pottery Fesi Shed, or stop beside the Accra–Aflao highway at Vume, where household pottery is made and set out for sale. At Peki Craft Village, artisans make and repair drums; at Liati Wote, the Clean & Green Hub turns recovered plastic into goods sold at the Nuku Arts shop.

What these places share is that they are working communities rather than staged attractions, and most welcome visitors through community tourism. They differ in craft and in character. Kente weaving belongs to Tafi Abuife, Kpetoe and Agortime Akpokope, where T.Y. Kente Weaving Enterprise has been producing cloth and woven goods since 1992. Pottery belongs to Vume, Fesi and Kpando. Some are long-established workshops; Kente Village Kpetoe is a planned weaving and cultural tourism project that is still uncompleted, so it is not an operating attraction.

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Before you go

Plan around a single craft rather than trying to see everything at once, as these sites are spread across several districts of the Volta Region. Many are roadside or village workshops, so it is worth checking ahead that someone will be working when you arrive, and asking before you photograph people at work. Take cash for direct purchases from weavers and potters. If you are travelling the Accra–Aflao highway, Vume is an easy pause; the weaving villages around Kpetoe and Agortime Akpokope sit together, and Fesi and Kpando are close enough to pair. Treat Kente Village Kpetoe as a project site, not a visit.

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Attraction · Tafi Abuife

Tafi Abuife Kente Weaving Village

Tafi Abuife is a small Ewe kente-weaving community in Afadzato South District, Volta Region, where visitors can watch weavers at work and buy cloth directly.

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Attraction · Vume

Vume Pottery Community

Vume is a small town near Sogakope in Ghana's Volta Region, long noted for household pottery workshops and roadside pot displays along the Accra–Aflao highway.

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Attraction · Vume

Vume Pottery Village

The pottery-making quarter of Vume in the South Tongu District, Volta Region, where roadside workshops along the Accra-Aflao highway make and display household pots.

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Attraction · Fesi

Fesi Pottery Village

A pottery and ceramic craft site at Fesi in the Kpando Municipal area of Ghana's Volta Region, listed by the municipal assembly among its cultural heritage assets.

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Attraction · Kpetoe

Kente Village Kpetoe

Kente Village Kpetoe is a planned, still-uncompleted kente weaving centre and cultural tourism project at Kpetoe in Ghana's Volta Region, not an operating attraction.

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Attraction · Kpando

Kpando Pottery Fesi Shed

A women's pottery cooperative and craft centre in Fesi, Kpando, Volta Region, founded in 1998, where pots are hand-built and smoke-blackened.

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Attraction · Liati Wote

Liati Wote Clean & Green Hub

A community-owned craft and upcycling centre in Liati Wote, Volta Region, where recovered plastic waste is turned into goods sold at the on-site Nuku Arts shop.

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Attraction · Peki

Peki Craft Village

A roadside craft centre at Peki Anyensu, South Dayi District, Volta Region, where artisans make and repair drums; listed among the district's tourism potentials.

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Attraction · Akpokofe

T.Y. Kente Weaving Enterprise

A working kente weaving enterprise at Agortime Akpokope (Akpokofe) near Kpetoe in the Agotime-Ziope District, Volta Region, producing cloth and woven goods since 1992.

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