Adinkra Alphabet

Tag: Foundation

  • Face forward by Kwame Nkrumah

    Adinkra yen toC nhwe aCpuEECe ana atcECe: ye toC kc yaCnim.” – qamEC nkruma English “We face neither East nor West: We face forward.” – Kwame Nkrumah

  • Fall

    Adinkra do not look whErE you fEll but whErE you slippEd. English Do not look where you fell but where you slipped.

  • Calm water

    Adinkra it is thE Calm and silEnt watEr that drowns a man. English It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.

  • Agama or chameleon

    Adinkra aNiGa sEsE gakE agama Do na afc aNi blEwuu. Ewe Anyigba sese gake agama do na afo anyi blewuu. English Though the earth is solid, the chameleon makes cautious steps on it.