A book about Adinkra Alphabet, Adinkra Symbols, Adinkra Tree of Life (ATOL), Adinkra Flower of Life(AFOL), Adinkra Fruit of Life (AFrOL) and Adinkra Seed of Life (ASOL). Learn about Adinkra supersymmetry and Akan Traditional Calendar (Akwasidae and Awukudae).

Learn the deeper meanings of Adinkra symbols and learn to read and write with Adinkra Alphabet

In this remarkable book, Clyde Ford restores to us the lost treasure of African mythology, bringing to life the ancient tales and showing why they matter so much to us today. African myths convey the perennial wisdom of humanity: the creation of the world, the hero's journey, our relationship with nature, death, and resurrection. From the Ashanti comes the moving account of the grief-stricken Kwasi Benefo's journey to the underworld to seek his beloved wives. From Uganda we learn of the legendary Kintu, who won the love of a goddess and created a nation from a handful of isolated clans. The Congo's epic hero Mwindo is the sacred warrior who shows us the path each person must travel to discover his true destiny. These and other important African myths show us the history of African Americans in a new light--as a hero's journey, a courageous passage to a hard-won victory. The Hero with an African Face enriches us all by restoring this vital tradition to the world.

Reconstruction, Pieces of Life, Volume 1 is a poetry book that speaks to the many levels of relationships. It reads like a story and will take you through a journey of someone being in love, marital bliss, to a feeling of betrayal and broken heartedness. The back and forth feelings is one that many could relate too. In order to get your life back in order, one must have a time of reconstruction. Center yourself, focus on the divine higher power and love yourself. You will be taken on a poetically written journey as you enjoy, learn, meditate and lose yourself in the moment in poetry. "Easy love that satisfies the soul"...now THAT is breathtaking! Artistic, earthy and tender, Serena's words of poetry take flight with lovely brushstrokes, painting eloquent images that touch the heart. Pieces of Life, even the title is beautifully strong." Dr. Vivi Monroe Congress, Author of No Condemnation and Bankrupt Spirit.

With illustrated guidelines and step-by-step advice, readers will learn how to incorporate African traditions into a range of birth preparations and celebrations. It also includes African recipes and lists of Afrocentric names. 40 photos & illustrations.

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).

In his widely acclaimed survey, John Mbiti sheds light on the survival and prosperity of African Religion in different historical, geographical, sociological, cultural, and physical environments. He presents a constellation of African worldviews, beliefs in God, use of symbols, valued traditions, and practices that have taken root with African peoples throughout the vast continent. Mbiti’s accessible writing style sympathetically portrays how African Religion manifests itself in ritual, festival, healing, the human life cycle, and interplay with the mystical and invisible world. The account embraces foundational traditions, while touching on elements that spawn transitions, including migration, the spread of Christianity and Islam, political-economic development, and modern communication. This popular introduction leaves readers with informed knowledge of the riches of African heritage.