Adinkra Alphabet

Tag: Foundation

Foundation virtue

  • Face forward by Kwame Nkrumah

    Adinkrayen 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.

  • Denkyem

    denQem

    Glyphq
    Transliteration“Crocodile”.
    MeaningWe should learn to adjust to different situations in life.
    denQem