Download or read book African Symbols written by Heike Owusu and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From masks to the symbolic script of the Ashanti, symbols play an important role in all aspects of African life. These sacred items come in a breathtaking array of styles, and here, divided into six areas of cultural similarity, are some of the most beautiful, along with explanations of their meanings. Demons, for most Africans, are responsible for justice and retribution: the superb demon mask shown depicts Kponingo, who belongs to the mythical world of the Senufo in the Ivory Coast. A calabash with the beak of a hornbill, adorned with cowrie shells and made by medicine men, is a typical instrument of witchcraft. Other fascinating symbols include sculptures, cave paintings, status symbols, and art for everyday use.

Download or read book Values of Adinkra Symbols written by Adolph Hilary Agbo and published by Ebony Designs and Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Symbols of Africa written by Heike Owusu and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tracing Memory written by C. Faïk-Nzuji Madiya and published by Hull, Québec : Canadian Museum of Civilization. This book was released on 1996 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing Memory provides a systematic inventory of African graphic signs, revealing their creative force of analogy in thought and perception. For the people who use them, they represent a gift from God -- tools to disclose hidden thoughts. Tracing Memory promotes a new way of looking at Africa, its cultures, and its spirituality.

Download or read book Adinkra Symbols of Africa written by Sam Obiri and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Our Favorite African Adrinkra Symbols written by Abena Walker and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Favorite African Adrinkra Symbols is a coloring book with drawings of the Symbols, poems for each of the Seven Principles of the Nguzo Saba, and Learning Activities for children and adults.To Our Children's Parents and Teachers Symbology is a sacred aspect of African culture, spirituality and art, and this is reflected in the traditional African system of educating/parenting. Children grow up learning through the use and understanding of relationships, analogies, harmonies and symbolic imagery and as a result, their creative genius and intuition (an important aspect of African intelligence) are stimulated and developed. At the African Learning Center, we use symbols from the entire African continent, and we have been inspired especially by the Adinkra symbols of Ghana. They are an integral part of our character-building program which helps children relate to each other, and their elders. Adinkra is a type of cloth which was originally woven on narrow looms by the Akan people of Ghana. The word Adinkra means "farewell or good-bye" and traditionally the cloth was worn at funerals in honor of the departed ones and to encourage them on the path of spiritual development. The symbols, which were stamped into the cloth, contained messages which included names of historical events and persons, proverbs, familiar objects and cultural concepts. Today, Adinkra cloth is worn for a variety of special occasions including weddings, birthday celebrations, and naming ceremonies. Our children internalize and utilize the sixty symbols included in the pamphlet, The Language of Adinkra Patterns, by A.K. Quarcoo, 1972. We have chosen seventeen for this coloring book. The literal translations and explanations from the pamphlet are included as well as poems reflecting not only the symbols, but also their relationship to the Nguzo Saba, the Seven Principles of Blackness; Umoja - Unity; Kujiamulia - Self-Determination; Ujima - Collective Work and Responsibility; Ujamaa - Cooperative Economics; Nia - Purpose; Uumbaji - Creativity; and lmani - Faith. The Nguzo Saba was developed by Dr. Maulana Ron Karenga based on his study of African culture and the value system of traditional African society. These principles form the foundation of Kwanzaa, the increasingly popular holiday among Africans in America, which is celebrated from December 26 to January 1. Kwanzaa was started by Dr. Karenga in 1966 and has its roots in the traditional African celebrations of the harvest and the fruits of communal labor. These celebrations were times of thanksgiving and purification; of ritualization, revitalization, and regeneration. The Nguzo Saba and the Adinkra symbols, reflections of the wisdom of our ancestors, give us direction throughout the year. Today, the Adinkra symbols inspire us to be strong and positive. Their wisdom, optimism, faith and love engender within us a deep appreciation of Africa, and the humanity and spiritual depth of African people. Peace and Love, Abena Walker, Director The African Learning Center

Download or read book Adinkra Alphabet Fourth Edition written by Charles Korankye and published by Adinkra Alphabet LLC. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the deeper meanings of Adinkra symbols and learn to read and write with Adinkra Alphabet

Download or read book The African Symbols written by Magnus Oku and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-23 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African symbols is a collection of Magnus Oku's poems on Africa, which is a reflection of African wisdom and symbols. His poetry encompasses the wide variety of traditions arising from African countries and from evolving trends within different literary genres. The poems deal with purging the African continent and recreating the desired. Some poems also address the devastating effect of slavery and colonization. Magnus Okus uses poems to reflect the cries of the past, the present situation, and as well shout for joy for the hope of tomorrow in Africa.

Download or read book Symbols of Ancient Africa Not Illuminati Symbols written by MR Antonio Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-06 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Know and understand who are the "Powers that BE" and why they must take control of the world and the people who made it Heaven on Earth. Learn about the Ancient Symbols of Africa that represent Truth, Righteousness, Order, Harmony, Balance, Justice and Reciprocity. YOU WILL REMEMBER!!

Download or read book Adinkra Symbols of West Africa written by Ricardo Almeida and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adinkra Symbols of West Africa. Dotted page journal. Gift idea for adults and kids.

Download or read book West African Symbols 110 Page Blank Notebook Ruled Paper Journal 6 X 9 15 24 X 22 86 CM written by Braznyc Designs and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adinkra symbols of West Africa. Afrocentric design notebook.106 lined page diary, 6" x 9"(15.24 x 22.86 cm), Gift Idea for adults and kids.

Download or read book Adinkra Symbols of West Africa Notebook written by Ricardo Almeida and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adinkra symbols of West Africa. Afrocentric design notebook with black and white cover. 106 lined page diary, 6" x 9"(15.24 x 22.86 cm), Gift Idea for adults and kids.

Download or read book My Children My Africa TCG Edition written by Athol Fugard and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The search for a means to an end to apartheid erupts into conflict between a black township youth and his "old-fashioned" black teacher.

Download or read book Cloth as Metaphor Re Reading the Adinkra Cloth written by G. F. Kojo Arthur and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adinkra symbols visually integrate striking aesthetic power, evocative language, mathematical structures and philosophical concepts. The book views the Adinkra cloth symbols as a writing system. It develops themes from the texts encoded in the proverbs, stories, and maxims associated with the symbols. The themes covered include Akan cosmology, social and political organization, social and ethical values, economics, and Akan knowledge systems. Perhaps the most modern and certainly one of the most comprehensive works on Adinkra (Oluwatoyin Adepoju).

Download or read book The Adinkra Dictionary written by W. Bruce Willis and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Socio Economic Rights in South Africa written by Malcolm Langford and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out to assess the role and impact of socio-economic strategies used by civil society actors in South Africa. Focusing on a range of socio-economic rights and national trends in law and political economy, the book's authors show how socio-economic rights have influenced the development of civil society discourse and action.

Download or read book The Forest of Symbols written by Victor Witter Turner and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of 10 articles previously published on various aspects of ritual symbolism among the Ndembu of Zambia; p.83-4; brief mention of C.P. Mountford on Aboriginal colour symbolism; Primarly for use in cultural comparison.