Values of Adinkra Symbols
Author: Adolph Hilary Agbo
Publisher: Ebony Designs and Publications
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Adolph Hilary Agbo
Publisher: Ebony Designs and Publications
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Peter Achampong
Publisher:
Published: 2004*
Total Pages: 69
ISBN-13: 9789988107161
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: G. F. Kojo Arthur
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2017-11-30
Total Pages: 545
ISBN-13: 1532028946
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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).
Author: Charles Korankye
Publisher: Adinkra Alphabet LLC
Published: 2021-05-28
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 1947478060
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Learn the deeper meanings of Adinkra symbols and learn to read and write with Adinkra Alphabet
Author: James Barta
Publisher: National
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9780873537070
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For most people, the word mathematics is a noun. But for many people in different cultures, mathematics is not simply something they learn in school but something they do as an intrinsic part of their everyday lives. This book is a guide for teachers who would like to enhance their mathematics instruction by integrating it with examples and activities from cultures throughout the world. It provides culturally situated examples, each linked to Common Core objectives that show how mathematics can be so much more than a story problem or an exercise in a worksheet with little or no context. The eleven chapters provide a range of activities from around the world that teach students key math concepts while introducing them to a diversity of cultures. For example: In a Mayan village in Guatemala, students use math as a means to increase the traditional corn harvest Traditional symbols stamped on cloth in Ghana spark an exploration of geometry, measurement, and data analysis Embroidery patterns from Bulgaria can help younger students learn about patterns, and introduce older students to fractal geometry Klappenspiel, a popular classroom game in Germany, provides a fun application of probability analysis Each chapter has activities for specific grade bands (K–3, 4–8, and 9–12), and all activities are designed to encourage students to discover connections among math concepts, world cultures, and their own daily lives and communities.
Author: Charles Korankye
Publisher: Adinkra Alphabet LLC
Published: 2017-07-28
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 0996523391
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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!
Author: Ishmael Annobil
Publisher:
Published: 2016-05-26
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781533487803
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Abëtëi are original, modern emblems created by Ishmael Annobil in response to the baffling disappearance of the ancient Kpamo Emblems of the GaDangme people of Accra, Ghana. Known traditionally as ancient embodiments of GaDangme philosophy, cosmology and oratorical lore, the Kpamo emblems once adorned shrines, canoes and gateways of Old Accra, till their virtual extinction by the late 70's. These refined and eloquent 'successor' emblems, and their associated proverbs, count among Annobil's finest poetic and artistic achievements. They also reflect his life-long study and sensitivity towards African symbolism and abstraction. Through them Annobil has started a magnificent revival of an ancient idiom, and this may come to be known as a major historical landmark in the long history of the GaDangme people, and the art of the African continent. Crucially, the Abëtëi have also come at a time when the GaDangme people are suffering the dire effects of a population shift, including a wearing away of the Ga language. They will invariably serve as succour to these gentle people, as intended, and hopefully trigger off a much-anticipated renaissance, not just in Ghana, but Africa and the Diaspora at large. "The proverbs and adages underpinning the Abëtëi represent aspects of GaDangme cosmology, moral codes and credos, as I have understood them since my childhood. I have striven to uphold the ideals of spiritual and material dualism, hospitality, territorial and political restraint, social balance, tolerance, probity, the centrality of motherhood, and, above all, the omnipotence of The Deity. I therefore feel confident enough to present this work to the GaDangme people, to all Ghanaians, to all Africans, to the African Diaspora, and to the world at large," Annobil asserts.