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Cloth As Metaphor: Re Reading the Adinkra Cloth Symbols of the Akan of Ghana [Buy it!] | Arthur GF. Kojo G. F. | USD 20.00 (Sun May 26 14:48:11 2024) | Biblio | Ink and Dye Books | Legon: Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Date: 2001. 8 x 11.5 Paperback in Very Good condition. Wear to edges.. Hundreds of line drawings. Adinkra cloth symbols are very popular in Ghana where the cloth is used in political and religious rituals, funerals and everyday wear. It is made by hand with the block and screen printing technique. The symbols are also used in wood carving, architecture, jewelry and ceramics. This book views the adinkra cloth symbols as a form of writing. The author is a professor at Marshall University in West Virginia. 2001. Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems ISBN 9988007914 9789988007911 [US] |