Author: W. Bruce WillisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The Adinkra Dictionary
Author: W. Bruce WillisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Cloth as Metaphor: (Re)Reading the Adinkra Cloth
Author: G. F. Kojo ArthurPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532028946
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
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).
Adinkra Alphabet, Fourth Edition
Author: Charles KorankyePublisher: Adinkra Alphabet LLC
ISBN: 1947478060
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Learn the deeper meanings of Adinkra symbols and learn to read and write with Adinkra Alphabet
A Smart Ghana Repatriation Guide
Author: Diallo SumbryPublisher:
ISBN: 9781735800103
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Signs and Symbols
Author: Adrian FrutigerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.
Values of Adinkra Symbols
Author: Adolph Hilary AgboPublisher: Ebony Designs and Publications
ISBN:
Category : Adinkra cloth
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The SAGE Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America
Author: Mwalimu J. ShujaaPublisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1506331696
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1830
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America provides an accessible ready reference on the retention and continuity of African culture within the United States. Our conceptual framework holds, first, that culture is a form of self-knowledge and knowledge about self in the world as transmitted from one person to another. Second, that African people continuously create their own cultural history as they move through time and space. Third, that African descended people living outside of Africa are also contributors to and participate in the creation of African cultural history. Entries focus on illuminating Africanisms (cultural retentions traceable to an African origin) and cultural continuities (ongoing practices and processes through which African culture continues to be created and formed). Thus, the focus is more culturally specific and less concerned with the broader transatlantic demographic, political and geographic issues that are the focus of similar recent reference works. We also focus less on biographies of individuals and political and economic ties and more on processes and manifestations of African cultural heritage and continuity. FEATURES: A two-volume A-to-Z work, available in a choice of print or electronic formats 350 signed entries, each concluding with Cross-references and Further Readings 150 figures and photos Front matter consisting of an Introduction and a Reader’s Guide organizing entries thematically to more easily guide users to related entries Signed articles concluding with cross-references
Wangari Maathai
Author: Franck PrévotPublisher: Charlesbridge
ISBN: 1607347954
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
“Trees are living symbols of peace and hope.” –Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai changed the way the world thinks about nature, ecology, freedom, and democracy, inspiring radical efforts that continue to this day.This simply told story begins with Green Belt Movement founder Wangari Maathai’s childhood at the foot of Mount Kenya where, as the oldest child in her family, her responsibility was to stay home and help her mother. When the chance to go to school presented itself, she seized it with both hands. She traveled to the US to study, where she saw that even in the land of the free, black people were not welcome. Returning home, Wangari was determined to help her people and her country. She recognized that deforestation and urbanization was at the root of her country’s troubles. Her courage and confidence carried her through adversity to found a movement for peace, reconciliation, and healing. Aurélia Fronty’s beautiful illustrations show readers the color and diversity of Wangari’s Africa—the green trees and the flowering trees full of birds, monkeys, and other animals; the roots that dig deep into the earth; and the people who work and live on the land.
The Little Adinkra Dictionary
Author: W. Bruce WillisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780988907805
Category :
Languages : ak
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Tortoise and the Princess
Author: Oke, IkeoguPublisher: Manila Publishers Company
ISBN: 9789440111
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
The goal of the African Story Time Series is to revive African folklore and to generate and sustain interest in it as children's literature and as a medium of entertainment, education and moral instruction for young people.