While wearing academic stoles is a tradition as old as the earliest universities, those that display the Kente cloth material are a more contemporary adoption..
Graduation stoles can carry cultural significance as well. At schools around the world, graduates of African descent are ceremoniously donning Kentestoles, fashioned in the centuries-old weaving tradition from modern day Ghana..
In modern day Ghana, where the tradition of weaving Kente cloth began centuries ago, it's a sign of national and ethnic pride, printed on shoes, bags, and clothing throughout the nation..