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An illustrated guide to the African symbols called Adinkra used in Ghana, West Africa, with an adinkra index and high-quality adinkra images. www.welltempered.net/adinkra/ African Art Links to galleries. www.tribal-explorer.com/ All over Africa, visual images and ordinary objects are used symbolically to communicate knowledge, feelings and values. As symbols play such an important role in the African conception of reality, a sound understanding of African patterns of thought and feeling requires an appreciation of the nature and function of symbolism as a medium of communication in African culture. www.crvp.org/book/ Information about textile traditions in Africa, including patterns, symbols, motifs, designs, and weaving, among others. www.quiltethnic.com/textiles.html African Treasures from Tervuren Museum - Symbols For the Luba, the three circles represent the Supreme Being, the Sun and the Moon. This combination of circles symbolizes the unfailing continuity of life. www.civilization.ca/cultur/tervuren/tera04e.html African Writing Systems Writing Systems are components of knowledge systems. By definition, they are philosophical because they assist in synthesizing ideas, thoughts, and deeds through the use of signs, symbols or other pictorial renderings. www.library.cornell.edu/ The art of a particular culture can reveal ever changing human images and attitudes, so awareness of a people's indigenous art, visual and cultural symbols can become an important medium for cross-cultural understanding. The asafo is a political-military institution of the Akan. Even though its social and political functions have been well documented, the expressive and aesthetic culture of the Asafo institution has received limited scholarly attention. Some of the symbols Akan use to incorporate their political beliefs include adinkra cloth symbols such as denkyem funafu, aban, kurontire ne akwamu, ohene tuo, adwo, tumi te se kosua, asase, and adwa. www.marshall.edu/akanart/akanartintro2.html Adinkra symbols were first used as decorative elements in one of the most highly valued, hand-printed and hand-embroidered cloths of West Africa. www.calltoactionquilt.org/ Most African art serves a practical purpose. For kings, even the smallest piece of jewelry helps secure their honored positions by publicly demonstrating royal wealth. www.dia.org/collections/aonwc/africanart/symbolsofroyalpower.html Discover Africa - Spiritual Power of Symbols Students will learn how symbols are used in some societies to influence spirts and to protect rooms. www.calacademy.org/exhibits/africa/discover/classroom/9.htm Nsibidi Script Nsibidi is a writing system of the Ejagham people of Nigeria. It is seen on tombstones, secret society buildings, costumes, ritual fans, headdresses, textiles, and in gestures, body and ground painting. www.library.cornell.edu/africana/Writing_Systems/Nsibidi.html Rasta, Vodou & Santeria - about.com Akua'ba, Veve, Eleggua, Legba, Agwe, Chiwara, Riscados, Gya Name, Lion of Judah, Rasta, Ethiopian Cross. altreligion.about.com/ Designed to help young people devlop an appreciation and respect for Africa - its diversity, its wealth in peoples and cultures, and its rich history. www.nhm.org/africa/ SA Flag, National Anthem, National Orders, Coat of Arms, National Tree, National Bird, National Fish, National Flower, National Animal. www.info.gov.za/faq/symbols.htm University of Wisconsin: Africology The Adinkra symbols were originally designed by "Asante" Craftsment of Ghana, West Africa. The symbols embody non-verbal communicative and aesthetic values, as well as the way of life of the people who designed them. www.uwm.edu/Dept/Africology/symbols.html
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