Category: Adinkra Virtues
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Dan
Adinkra yendidi pii nsi dan. English One cannot both feast and become rich.
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Nton
The self or spiritual determinants of an individual No aCdinkra ntoCn Adinkra Nton Adinkra Virtue 1 sankcfa Sankofa Wisdom 2 pECmpamsiE Pempamsie Understanding 3 aCdinkrahECnEC Adinkrahene Mercy 4 damEC damEC Dame Dame Judgement 5 NamEC biribi wc soCroC Nyame Biribi Wo Soro Beauty 6 cwc foCroC adoCbe Owo Foro Adobe Victory 7 nECa onnim noC…
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Kokosakyi
Adinkra kckcsaCQi si ctoC nEC kosua wc soCroC, efiri se bcmmcfoCc hoC ye hu. Akan Kokosakyi si oto ne kosua wo soro, efiri se bommofuo ho ye hu. English Though I am not edible, “says the vulture, “yet I nurse my eggs in the branches of a tall tree because man is hard to be…
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Afuru bom
Adinkra funtunfunEfu nEC denQemfunEfu, wcn aCfuru bom nansoC woCrECdidi a na wcrECkoC, Efiri se aCduanEC de yetEC noC wc mECnECtwitwiE mu.
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Freedom and Justice
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Faith
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Ese Ne Tekrema: proverb
Adinkra esEC nEC tekrema cmoC koC aCduanEC hoC, ensoC ekc yEfunu baakoC mu. Akan (Twi) Ese ne tekrema omo ko aduane ho, enso eko yefunu baako mu. English “The teeth and tongue fight to get food into the same stomach” – Ghanaian proverb.
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Harmony
Adinkra EfiE reSEC a, mbarima nkoC. English Two men in a burning house must not stop to argue.
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Enam obi so
Adinkra enam obi soC na obi ye yiE. English It’s always through the help of someone that you get somewhere.