The Adinkra dictionary : a visual primer on the language of Adinkra / W. Bruce Willis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willis, W. Bruce, author.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Akan

English

Subjects (All):

Adinkra cloth.

Akan (African people)--Funeral customs and rites.

Akan (African people).

Akan language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Akan language.

Symbolism--Ghana--Dictionaries.

Symbolism.

Ghana--History.

Ghana.

History.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

History.

Controlled vocabularies.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvi, 314 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Pyramid Complex, 1998.

Contents:

Part I: History. Section 1. A Short History of Ghana; Section 2. Understanding the Language of Adinkra and Adinkra Symbols; Section 3. The Akan (Twi) Language-A Short History; Section 4. A Brief Guide to Akan Pronunciation

Part II: The Symbols. Section 5. Adinkra Symbols

Part III: Adinkra Glossaries. Section 6. Adinkra Design Glossary; Section 7. Adinkra Definition Glossary; Section 8. Adinkra Literal Translation Glossary; Section 9. Adinkra Alphabetical Definition Glossary; Section 10. Adinkra Phonetic Glossary

Part IV. Appendix. Section 11. Appendix.

Notes:

"Cover sankofa illustration copyright © 1998 Araya Aleum ... Illustrations: Araya Aleum."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-298) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Other Format:

Online version: Willis, W. Bruce. Adinkra dictionary.

ISBN:

0966153219

9780966153217

0966153200

9780966153200

OCLC:

39017757