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Publications

  • Book publications

    Book Series No. 1 (Year 2001)
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        Cloth As Metaphor: (Re)reading the adinkra cloth symbols of the Akan of Ghana
        by G. F. Kojo Arthur

        The Akan of Ghana and the Ivory Coast ( West Africa ) encode a number of symbols in their hand-woven and hand-printed cloths such as the adinkra and kente cloths. The symbols encoded in these cloths are linked to proverbs, stories, songs, maxims, beliefs and everyday expressions. These symbols in essence constitute a writing system with which the Akan communicate. As a writing system the adinkra cloth symbols, for example, are grouped as pictograms, ideograms, and phonograms. This exhibition contains over 700 adinkra cloth symbols with their names and meanings and some of the stories and proverbs associated with the symbols. It develops themes from the texts encoded in the proverbs, stories, and maxims associated with these symbols in order to highlight the links between the verbal and visual in Akan art and language. The themes covered are: cosmology, social and political organization, social and ethical values, economics, and knowledge of the Akan of Ghana. (See Content)



    Monograph Series No. 1 (Year 2003)
      • Asofopon Mu Apon (Fantse - history of the leadership of the Ghana Methodist Church) - by Rev. J. Yedu Bannerman


 CD-ROM and DVD Series

CD-ROM Series No. 1 (Year 2003)

      • Adinkra Cloth Symbols of the Akan of Ghana - by G. F. Kojo Arthur
      • Adinkra Cloth Symbols of the Akan of Ghana: A Catalogue

This catalogue presents over 700 adinkra cloth symbols. The accompanying book, Cloth As Metaphor, provides detailed explanations for the symbols.


CD-ROM Series No. 2 (Year 2003)
      • Akan Abusua Ho Awensem Na Da Dzin Ho Awensem - by J. Yedu Bannerman
        This disk is a narrated poetry in Mfantse (Akan) about the appellations, meanings and symbolisms of the seven Akan mbusua (matriclans) groups. It also provides information about Akan kra dzin (soul names that are based on the days of the week.


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