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Author: Ama Ataa Ampomah Publisher: Les Impliqués ISBN: 2384171836 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 316
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Connaissez-vous Sankofa, cet oiseau mythique? Connaissez-vous Gye Nyame, le Dieu des Akans? Connaissez-vous Akwaaba, un mot et symbole représentant « l'accueil chaleureux des Ghanéens »? Avez-vous déjà remarqué les symboles sur les tissus Kente (tissus traditionnels du Ghana)? Vous aurez réponse à l'ensemble de ces questions grâce à cet ouvrage. Il s'adresse à tous ceux qui souhaitent en apprendre plus sur la culture de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, en particulier les symboles visibles sur les vêtements, poteries ou bien formes architecturales chez les Ghanéens et Ivoiriens. À travers ce premier livre, l'auteur nous propose de découvrir, ou bien redécouvrir, les symboles « Adinkra », des Akans, en décrivant leurs significations.
Author: Ama Ataa Ampomah Publisher: Les Impliqués ISBN: 2384171836 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 316
Book Description
Connaissez-vous Sankofa, cet oiseau mythique? Connaissez-vous Gye Nyame, le Dieu des Akans? Connaissez-vous Akwaaba, un mot et symbole représentant « l'accueil chaleureux des Ghanéens »? Avez-vous déjà remarqué les symboles sur les tissus Kente (tissus traditionnels du Ghana)? Vous aurez réponse à l'ensemble de ces questions grâce à cet ouvrage. Il s'adresse à tous ceux qui souhaitent en apprendre plus sur la culture de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, en particulier les symboles visibles sur les vêtements, poteries ou bien formes architecturales chez les Ghanéens et Ivoiriens. À travers ce premier livre, l'auteur nous propose de découvrir, ou bien redécouvrir, les symboles « Adinkra », des Akans, en décrivant leurs significations.
Author: Lewis Asimeng-Boahene Publisher: IAP ISBN: 1641132531 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 227
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This book, the second in the series, is a distinct exploration of how educational policy makers, curriculum developers, educators, learners and social activists can utilize the hitherto untapped rich resource of African traditional oral literature and visual cultures. These are epistemological reservoirs and invaluable pedagogical tools in the delivery of content in the classrooms of the present global village, most of whom contain diverse student populations from varying backgrounds. The content of the book is thus designed to help expand educators’ repertoire of understanding beyond the hitherto “conventional wisdom”, most of which are either outdated or are colonial impositions on former colonial entities. Our motivation for pulling together this anthology was due to the fact scholars, educators and educational policy makers have hitherto paid little attention to the epistemological and pedagogical value of Traditional Indigenous Knowledge systems (TIKS). Our objective has been largely achieved by this anthology in the sense that the research perspectives of the contributors to this effort have enhanced the hitherto limited exposure and knowledge about traditional oral literature and visual cultures in Africa. The torch that has been lighted from this endeavor heightens the epistemological and pedagogical implications of TIKS. In launching this book, we are extending a clarion call to researchers and disciples of Indigenous Knowledge systems in Africa and elsewhere to seize this opportunity and interest generated by this endeavor to undertake more studies in this area. Our current efforts were focused mainly on Africa TIKS systems, but we strongly believe that there are similar and equally powerful and important TIKS systems in other parts of the world, Asia, the Far East, Central and Southern America as well as the Caribbean that are longing for exploration and exposition. It is therefore our fervent hope that exploration and dissemination of knowledge in this field will continue with the flame lighted from this endeavor. We believe that these efforts will greatly enhance awareness an otherwise neglected and almost forgotten, but important aspects of knowledge creation and dissemination, especially about traditional and hitherto unwritten histories and knowledge systems around the world. These undertakings will help to broaden the conceptualization of what constitutes global knowledge within the current reality of globalization.
Author: Abiola Irele Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand ISBN: 0195334736 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 1025
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"From St. Augustine and early Ethiopian philosophers to the anticolonialist movements of Pan Africanism and Negritude, The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought offers a comprehensive view of African thought, covering the intellectual tradition on the continent and throughout the diaspora. All major trends in African philosophy, political theory, and religion will be covered, as well as significant historical figures and social movements" -- homepage, viewed September 7, 2010.
Author: Mwalimu J. Shujaa Publisher: SAGE Publications ISBN: 1483346382 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 993
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The Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America provides an accessible ready reference on the retention and continuity of African culture within the United States. Our conceptual framework holds, first, that culture is a form of self-knowledge and knowledge about self in the world as transmitted from one person to another. Second, that African people continuously create their own cultural history as they move through time and space. Third, that African descended people living outside of Africa are also contributors to and participate in the creation of African cultural history. Entries focus on illuminating Africanisms (cultural retentions traceable to an African origin) and cultural continuities (ongoing practices and processes through which African culture continues to be created and formed). Thus, the focus is more culturally specific and less concerned with the broader transatlantic demographic, political and geographic issues that are the focus of similar recent reference works. We also focus less on biographies of individuals and political and economic ties and more on processes and manifestations of African cultural heritage and continuity. FEATURES: A two-volume A-to-Z work, available in a choice of print or electronic formats 350 signed entries, each concluding with Cross-references and Further Readings 150 figures and photos Front matter consisting of an Introduction and a Reader’s Guide organizing entries thematically to more easily guide users to related entries Signed articles concluding with cross-references
Author: G. F. Kojo Arthur Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1532028946 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 316
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Adinkra symbols visually integrate striking aesthetic power, evocative language, mathematical structures and philosophical concepts. The book views the Adinkra cloth symbols as a writing system. It develops themes from the texts encoded in the proverbs, stories, and maxims associated with the symbols. The themes covered include Akan cosmology, social and political organization, social and ethical values, economics, and Akan knowledge systems. Perhaps the most modern and certainly one of the most comprehensive works on Adinkra (Oluwatoyin Adepoju).
Author: George Ricketts Hagan Publisher: Rebecca's frEEEnterprise ISBN: 9781425109936 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 128
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Short Stories With Appealing Human Passions is an ensemble of a dozen nostalgic African folk tales, 'exhibiting vivacity with a purpose', that reflects the culture and lifestyle of the yesteryear in Ghana.
Author: Allen Yeh Publisher: William Carey Publishing ISBN: 0878080902 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 306
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Theology to the Ends of the Earth and Back Again As Christianity’s center of gravity has shifted to the Majority World, many younger churches in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are now coming of age. With this maturing comes the ability to theologize for themselves, not simply to mimic what they have been taught from the West. As theology is an attempt to articulate through human language, culture, and contexts the timeless truths of the eternal and transcendent God, Majority World churches have much to offer the West and the world, as they contribute to a greater understanding of God, discipleship, and mission. Within this volume is an eclectic and fascinating sampling of theologizing from around the world, diverse not just in context but in content, dealing with everything from Christian education, to engaging Buddhists with the gospel, to engagement with Santería, to contextualizing native dance. As Christ’s message has gone to “the ends of the earth,” it has been received, but also incorporated, synthesized, and rebirthed in new and exciting ways that will benefit us all, wherever we live and serve.
Author: Ama Ataa Ampomah
Author: Ama Ataa Ampomah
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