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Selected Akan Proverbs And Their Meaning, Vol 1
How to get the book: http://bit.ly/2rUNppt, OR on amazon https://amzn.to/34GMuqN.
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We have published a beautifully designed book on “Selected Akan Proverbs and their Meaning”. The proverbial wisdom is juxtaposed with imagery that would move you to learn more about the Ashanti/Ghanaian people and culture. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/2LijsGT
WHERE/HOW TO BUY
(US, UK, MOST OF EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, New ZEALAND JAPAN) - Amazon: https://amzn.to/34GMuqN
(Signed copies within the US) - http://bit.ly/2rUNppt
GHANA - Working on distribution but send us an email at [email protected] and we will handle your orders.
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“Ebrie (now Kyaman) dignitaries wearing prestige clothes and regalias.During the colonial period the French sought to consolidate their authority over the peoples of the south-eastern region by creating district and cantonal chiefs. Though untraditional, these offices have survived, and their occupants have increasingly sought to gain status by adopting Akan-style regalia (as have the few traditional paramount chiefs in the region).”_OlivBusua-blog
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Asante Paramount Chief Nana Akyanfuo Akowuah Dateh II, regional chief Kwaku Addai ® and the heir to Asafo stool (L).
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The Blind Doesn’t Get Angry In The Forest.
“Onifiranii ɛnnnfa abufuo ɛwɔ kwayɛ mu”
_Akan Proverb (Chief Linguist Kwame Frimpong Manso Adakare)
Life like the umbrella opens and closes… for such are the days of our lives!
: Nana Osei - 2021
#offinso #ashantiregion #asante #ghana #africa #funeral #grandfather #father #women #streetstyle #streetphotography #photography #sony #ashantiimmigrant #dynamicafrica #everydayafrica #visiterlafrique #accrawedey #chief #umbrella #life (at Offinso)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ3HJJ6jFhJ/?utm_medium=tumblr
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At my grandpa’s funeral, my father said “Mmaa n’ay3 ayie..”
Which literally translates “women organize funeral”
: Nana Osei - 2021
#offinso #ashantiregion #asante #ghana #africa #funeral #grandfather #father #women #streetstyle #streetphotography #photography #sony #ashantiimmigrant #dynamicafrica #everydayafrica #visiterlafrique #accrawedey (at Offinso)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQlFtgAj925/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Asante, 1875,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of Africa
Gift of Doran H. Ross
Medium: Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/193474/
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Stamp for Adinkra Textile, Asante, 1875,Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of Africa
Gift of Doran H. Ross
Medium: Calabash, sticks, cloth, and string
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Women with boiling pots on their heads.
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#ghana #kyebi #nana #asante #ashanti #africa #rituals #tradition #afro (at Ghana)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CU4VWrhoAwh/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Royalty
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#ghana #royal #kings #asante #ashanti #afro #africa (at Ghana)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CUyA5RqItgV/?utm_medium=tumblr
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