Explore Akan Language & Culture
We host a wide variety of resources on various aspects of Akan language and culture. Whether you are a researcher, an enthusiast, a parent, a teacher, a student, or just a casual reader, we have something for you.
Adinkra symbols
- Explore Adinkra symbols and their meanings through our extensive catalog
- Download a free ebook on Adinkra symbols and their meanings (PDF)
Akan proverbs
- Explore the most important Akan proverbs with their meanings
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Akan idiomatic expressions and euphemisms
- Explore Akan idioms and euphemisms, also called kasakoa, which shed light on what is considered taboo in Akan culture
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Tips for researchers
Adinkra continues to propel the quest for wisdom and meaning, leading to its extension beyond its traditional walls. We note some of them:
- Adinkra and Adinkra codes, used in theoretical physics to represent the relationships between distinct classes of particles and to perform operations on them. The naming of this mode of representation was inspired by the correspondence between the complexity of the relationships encoded and the complexity of the ideas traditional Adinkra encode
- The Adinkra alphabet, a writing system for some Ghanaian languages, inspired by Adinkra