Cynthia Jadjei Cinta Jewelry #94 Fante New Town, Kumasi Ghana Type of Business: Jewelry making, designs and produces crafts—gold and silver jewelry. Three male workers, two female workers and Cynthia. Her two female workers were the first female graduates of the University of Science and Technology, College of Fine Arts Program in Jewelry Craft. There were only four females and two males in their class in 1994. (Cynthia graduated in the 1993 class.) There are now 30-40 students in the program. Generally, they create their own designs. However, most customers want the Adinkra symbols because they have meanings. Very few customers create or want their own designs created/made. Cynthia’s grandfather died, and he was a jeweler. So the landlord called to say that they should come to the present workshop location. At the time, they were working with Cynthia at a house in another part of Kumasi. They buy their gold from small-scale sellers, usually from the village. The gold is unpolished. The small-scale sector, informal, sellers are known as “Galamasey” sellers. You can buy polished jewelry at the Diamond House, but it’s very expensive. Customers here only want 18-carat (no less). The customer buys the gold by the gram and the workmanship is included. The silver they buy from Nigeria. Some customers bring in their own gold and then we charge them buy the gram and workmanship. (She showed me an intricately designed gold, man’s ring with Adinkra symbols, containing 3 grams of gold and a cost of 350,000 cedis.) They make all types of jewelry, wedding sets, men and women’s jewelry. 2 or the older men who work for her are designers and gold smiths. There was one young man working on a milling machine on silver crafting. The gold jewelry machines are mostly imports: “they’re so expensive.” Cynthia wasn’t present, she was still in the US during this interview—after attending the Third Global Conference in Miami, where we met her. The two women workers that McDade interviewed—they were not members of any professional or women’s organizations: both college educated. One’s husband was an architect with a degree from UST. The other’s husband was a research scientist with a degree from the University of Ghana. Each had two young sons. One had a baby one-year old son with her at work. Both are from the Eastern region. Cynthia has one daughter.