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Gye Nyame (except God). Symbol
of the Omnipotence and immortality of God. |
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Funtunfunafu denkyem funafu won afuru
bom nso worididi a na wo ko. Sharing one stomach
yet they fight over food. |
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Odenkyem (crocodile) da nsuo mu nso
ohome nsuo ne mframa. The crocodile lives in the
water yet it breathes air, not water. |
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Bi-nka-bi. Obi nka obi (bite not
one another). Avoid conflicts. Symbol of Unity.
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Osrane (moon). Osrane nnfiti preko
ntware man. It takes the moon sometime to go round
the nation. |
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Kramo-bone amma yanhu kramo-pa.
We cannot tell a good mohammedan from a bad one. The
fake and the genuine look alike because of hypocrisy.
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Nsaa (a kind of blanket). Nea onim
nsaa na oto nago. |
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Fofoo se die fofoo pe ne se gyinantwi
abo bedie. What the fofoo plant wants is that
the gyinantwi seeds should turn black. Symbol of jealousy.
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Adinkra hene (Adinkra
King). Chief of all the Adinkra designs. Forms
the basis of Adinkera printing. |
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Dwanimen (Ram's horn). Dwonnin ye
asise a ode n'akorana na ennye ne mben. It is
the heart and not the horns that leads a ram to bully.
Concealment. |
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Mpuannum (Nkontimsofo o Puaa).
Five tufts of hair. A traditionally fashionable hair
style. |
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Hye wo nyhe (the one who burns you
be not burned). Symbol of forgiveness. Turn the
other cheek. |
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Nkonsonkonso (link or chain).
We are linked in both life and death.Those who share
common blood relations never break apart. Symbol of
human relations. |
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Owuo Atwedie Baako Nfo (obiara bewu).
All men climb the ladder of death. |
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Sepow (knife used in executions).
This is thrust through the victims's cheeks to prevent
his invoking a curse on the King. |
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Gyamu atiko. This is said to
be the design shaved by Gyawu, a once Bantamahene.
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