Learn the deeper meanings of Adinkra symbols and learn to read and write with Adinkra Alphabet

Learn the hidden meanings of Adinkra symbols and how to read and write with Adinkra Alphabet

A book about the Adinkra Symbols as Alphabets and their hidden meanings. Understand the hidden meanings behind Adinkra Symbols and learn how to write with Adinkra Alphabet!

This book contains FIFTY (50) decorated ADINKRA (AFRICAN) SYMBOLS with their names and their meanings for your education and coloring relaxation. As you trace and color these symbols, you also gain skills and confidence in drawing and idea development processes. Symbols were the means of communication in the early stages of man's existence. Some of these symbols are still relevant and useful in our lives today. Some of such symbols have been captured in this book for your fun and education.

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).

Over 200 pieces of clip art from various countries in Africa, including representations of people, animals, designs, borders, plants and jewelery. A resource for graphic design and collage, or as a source of jewelry design.