by Kandy Hurley

Leadership

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Adinkrahene…Chief of the Adinkra Symbols…Leadership

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Mortality

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Owuo Atwedee…Mortality

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Perseverance

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Waba Aba..Perseverance

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Mother Earth

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Asase Ye Duru..Mother Earth

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Adinkra Me Ware Mo

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From my series Adinkra Symbols of West Africa.

Me Ware Mo represents commitment and perseverance. The Andinkra are visual symbols, originally created by the Akan. The symbols represent concepts or aphorisms. Adinkra are used extensively in fabrics and pottery They are incorporated into walls and other architectural features. Fabric adinkra are often made by woodcut sign writing as well as screen printing. Adinkra symbols appear on some traditional akan gold weights. The symbols are also carved on stools for domestic and ritual use.

The symbols have a decorative function but also represent objects that encapsulate evocative messages that convey traditional wisdom, aspects of life or the environment. There are many different symbols with distinct meanings.

Featured in Fine Art America in the African Theme Artwork group, the Small showroom group and also in the Art from the Past group.

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Rollover - Colour Symbolism Of Kente Cloth

High Ho Silver - My Horse!
The Cartwrites?
Have Rum - Will Babble
Whisky For Men
Wrestling After the Horses
Then Batman
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Only Broken Phones-Down The Shops
Thank God For The Marx Brothers

From When Television Was Worse Than It Is Now

The Nigerian flag

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the 13th Head of State of Nigeria and his wife Turai.

The Nigerian flag was designed in 1959 by then student Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi. The green areas of the flag symbolise the forest and natural wealth of Nigeria, while the central band of white symbolises peace.

Dwennimmen – The Ram’s Horn

Symbol of Strength with Humility

The Wooden Comb

DUAFE

The Wooden Comb

Symbol of beauty

Symbol of desirability

Of cleanliness

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Female qualities

Sankofa

Learning from the past – Sankofa -  The symbol of importance.

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Kandy is a member of the African Theme Artwork group in Fine Art America and I would like to thank her for allowing me to feature her work.

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Mpatapo

Mpatapo is the bond or knot that brings parties that have been in dispute to a harmonious and peaceful conclusion.  A symbol of peace after conflict.

The South African flag

The South African flag was first unfurled on the 27th of April 1994, which was the same day that Nelson Mandela became the president of South Africa.

The flag is always placed behind and to the right of people making speeches.

The design of the flag was the work of Frederick Gordon Brownell and it is the only flag in the world that includes six colours.