Today, in Ghana and other parts of the world, one can expect to spot the symbols almost everywhere. Designers in modern times use Adinkra symbols to create and decorate other accessories than cloth.

He moves on to tell us about “Adinkra symbols of the Akan people of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. The motifs represent proverbs, historical events, attitudes and objects, animals and plants.

Noticeable at the centre of the attire were four Adinkra symbols. They are, 'Gye Nyame', 'Sankofa', 'Dwennimmen' and 'Nyame Dua'. The 'Nyame Dua' symbol translates to "Tree of God" which signifies ...

Ebenezer Akakpo, an artist and entrepreneur from Ghana who works out of a studio at the Dana Warp Mill in Westbrook, incorporates Adinkra symbols from his west African homeland into designs for ...

The aphorism signifies cooperation and interdependence. And like many Twi expressions, it can be communicated with a symbol, or adinkra. This adinkra has two triangular halves that are almost ...