Cloth as Metaphor: (Re)Reading the Adinkra Cloth

Cloth as Metaphor: (Re)Reading the Adinkra Cloth
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Publisher : iUniverse
Total Pages : 377
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ISBN-10 : 9781532028946
ISBN-13 : 1532028946
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Book Synopsis Cloth as Metaphor: (Re)Reading the Adinkra Cloth by : G. F. Kojo Arthur

Download or read book Cloth as Metaphor: (Re)Reading the Adinkra Cloth written by G. F. Kojo Arthur and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).


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