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The Asante Empire (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me

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Kente Cloth From Ghana, I'd Cover It With That

If there was going to be an object of furniture that captured my essence, I think maybe it would be like a shears long. And I cover it with Kente cloth from Ghana - which is another way in which they thought really carefully about how do we bind these different peoples together? It's sort of that symbolism, Gus, of how do you reflect these people brought together by a great king in design?

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