History of Adinkra Symbols (Refurbished) 🎓
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- And now we have finally arrived to the history class of the infamous "Adinkra Symbols" (Refurbished). I will be sharing some things you know, some things you "think" you know, and some things you did not know at all :-) Either way, it is going to be very fun and educating... as always! :-) If you should have any questions, do feel free to drop them below, and until then... Enjoy!
There is an Adinkra Alphabet, we just need to replace Latin and Promote Adinkra Alphabet and encrave it into our society so that Ghanaians can feel connected to their roots when they type/write.
One day, soon, Adinkra will be the main alphabet system in West Africa. I am from Zambia. Thank you for spreading the knowledge of our ancient writing systems.
There's also nsibidi of nigeria
They are wonderful! I wish also to make them more known and popular just like other worldwide loved symbols like OM or infinity. For that reason i included them in my new music video th-cam.com/video/c6p_BJovfsE/w-d-xo.html I work together with african artists and i love to learn more about. Thank you for sharing and spreading ♥️
Woah, slow down there. Adinkra is very good for writing proverbs and there is a modern alphabet that puts the symbol as the anglicized alphabet, but (traditionally speaking) it is very hard to actually write something in adinkra that would make sense. It suffers from the problem so many alphabets actually avoid, and shines in the places where so many alphabets fall flat
Doubt it.
@@Crazy123Flame Traditional Adinkra writing is had to write for writing simple stuff, however in 2015 a person did make an Adinkra alphabet
Adinkra symbols have been found in ancient buildings of (Kemet) present day Egypt by a black historian/acheologist Anthony Browder, that is prove enough that the symbols have been with us for 1000s of years
I heard Anthony browder when he said that,...I think an adinkra symbol was found in a 25 dynastic tomb of ancient kemet.....
That anthony browder guy is very intelligent....
Together with prof smalls and even the ancestors like Dr jochannan and henrick clarke
Adinkra are from ghana.
@@timurtomato9774 yes they are but just to prove that some Akan migrated from Mizraim/Kush /Kemet or present day Egypt who the Arabs (Amernia, Turkish and Greek)... The Ashantis have said the migrated from the North Eastern part of Africa and they were made to never disclosed their origin during the days of exodus or migration from invaders. Some Akans also come from the old Ghana empire. Those were the early settlers in present day Ghana....
Adinkra codes are found and relate to ancient Egypt when the Dogon tribe were the original settlers of Kemet (ancient Egypt). They were eventually overthrown and moved to modern day Mali! Ghana and Mali were 2 of the largest tribes back then in west Africa. I think the Dogon tribe designed those binary adinkra codes into symbols and taught the Ashanti people.
You’re videos are so informative and much needed for anyone in the diaspora. Keep up that great work and please never stop teaching us.
Could you please make some videos about the different ethnic groups in Ghana. Would enjoy to know more about akyem people.
Thank you dear 😘 I'm very humbled😍😍those topics are definitely on the table,me myself I'm from Aky3m😄
@@vanessadanso Akyemkwa nana a )nom br3mu
So wait if I create Nikes and someone beats me up for it and takes my design and makes it popular does that make them the originator? Why not just give the Gyaman people credit for what they made. It's shameful how certain tribes try to lay claim to everything. These symbols are 100% Bono and named after one of their kings.
During the days of conquest, you become the legal owner of what you conquer.
If not so, then nobody owns lands or trophies in the world, Russia and Ukraine are at war, any place that Russia captures becomes theirs.
Adinkra is a WAR TROPHY, get it or forget about it.
Blame your ancestors who allowed Asante to defeat them, don't blame Asante who defeated your ancestors
WHAT NAME IN IT SOUND LIKE BONO, FUNNY
Your video are always high quality and very professional. Thank u very sharing our beautiful history ✊🏿🇬🇭❤️much love
I am in America majoring in nursing, and I had to take an intensive class so I chose African civilization only to find out I had to study my history again.I was so proud to be a Ghanaian when we had to talk about the adinkra symbols as one of the topics.I quickly called my mom she lectured me on that and I found this video.at a point I had to lecture my class instead of my professor.and I must say we should all introduce our children to their history and culture.let us keep the culture in existence.Thank Y’all😉
Aaaawww wow😍😍😍 im so glad my video has been a source of support for you😇😇😇 there so much to learn true, the more I read the more I realize how little I know😂talking about a paradox! Do subscribe, working on new content for my viewers x
The True Origins of the Adinkra symbols. The Adinkra symbols originated from Bono Kingdom, in Bono GYAAMAN of Ghana and Partly the Ovory coast.
WHO ARE THE PEOPLE OF GYAAMAN?
They’re BONO AKAN people, living in both GHANA AND IVORY COAST (BONTOUKU,IVORY COAST/ BONO AND BONO EAST OF GHANA)
Various aspects of Akan culture stem from the Bono state, including the umbrella used for the kings, the swords of the nation (Akofena), the royal stools, goldsmithing, blacksmithing, Kente Cloth weaving, the chief of Yefri, NKORANZA NORTH, Bono east region of Ghana, informed the then Asante king at the time of a group of people in Bontouku (Bonos) who were skilful in cloth weaving and subsequently sent some Asantes to learn from them. Everyone must remember there was a Bono akan kingdom over 400 years before the Asante kingdom was formed. With that in mind most of the cultural dressings,, such as the Kente, Adinkra symbols, Fontomfrom drums are all originated from Bono Akan people. NANA KOJO ADINKRA was a Bono King and he invented the symbols. If you want the true history search m/ watch SUMAHENE , who’s a descendant of King Adinkra. Go to the Bono areas like Takyiman, Dormaa and Gyaman for the authentic history. After the Bono kingdom came the Denkyira Kingdom (Denkyira or Adewu came from Bono Nkyiraa), the Asante kingdom later emerged after waging war to free themselves from Denkyira. Hence all the Akan kingdoms were greatly influenced by the Bono Kingdom.
@@wholesalemanager3456 there was nothing like Bono Kingdom, Techiman, dormaa, wenchi and others were on their own...
@@myztroogeegibson3568 Don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s a fact Bono Kingdom was the first akan civilisation in Ghana and in the Ivory Coast in the 11th Century. Go to any library or Google the Bono Kingdom. Most Akan states such as Fanti, Denkyira and most Akans came out of the Bono Kingdom which was in Bono Manso. Bonos are mothers and fathers of Akan. Twi is named after a Bono king, Nana Baffour Twi of Bono Takyiman. Nana Kojo Adinkra of who invested the symbols have successors to his throne. Get education pls
@Wholesale Manager. Your offsprings are still part of you and carries some of your traits. Some of the same Bono migrated to the coastal areas and their languages changed a bit. Hence, we have all these different Akan groups. They are all partly Bonos with different labels and language variants.
Thank you I’ve been tapping more into my African roots and I’m actually going to get a tattoo on these symbols and you just helped me understand everything more 💙💙
I absolutely love the entry of this video!! And the flashes of the clock in the scenes!! Helps my attention span!!!
Mold pour in gold!!! Yasssss
😂glad you loved it!
I really love this vedio......woooooooow
This is beautiful! VERY well done, sis. This gave me life. I’m sharing with my friends, especially my African American friends!
Aawwe thank you hun 🥰 I appreciate the love!
This was done very well. I’ve learned a lot and can wait to hear more from you! Keep up the great work!
Hi, I really enjoyed the video. However, I have a comment concerning the Adrinka symbols being found by Thomas Bowdich. It is true that Mr. Bowdich found Adrinka printed cloth in Kumasi, but is also a good chance that there was Adrinka cloth in the Ivory Coast, but no colonizer spoke of it like Mr. Bowdich. Remember before the colonizers came the Gyaman people were located in a region that is now on the border of Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Therefore, one can make the conjecture that the Bono were the originators. However, I think it is best to say that the Akan created the Adrinka symbols instead of one tribe or the other because as you noted as well as the acclaimed author of the "Adrinka Alphabet, Charles M. Korankye, MD stated that the Adrinkra Symbols were around before the Bono-Asante conflict. Thanks again for the video. I am a Black American who is fascinated by Ghanaian history. My wife is Ghanaian, so I have been immersing myself in her culture as well as learning Twi.
Medaase paa.
Adinkra codes are found and relate to ancient Egypt when the Dogon tribe were the original settlers of Kemet (ancient Egypt). They were eventually overthrown and moved to modern day Mali! Ghana and Mali were 2 of the largest tribes back then in west Africa. I think the Dogon tribe designed those binary adinkra codes into symbols and taught the Ashanti people.
Madam, please get your history right.
The first war between Asantes and Gyaaman was in 1730, after the Asantes defeated Takyiman in 1722-1724 and their king fled northwest to seek refuge with the Gyaaman king..
The king of Asante, who had long eyed Gyaman's strategic location along the Northern trade routes, used this as an excuse to invade and conquer Gyaaman in 1731, almost 90 years before Thomas Bowdich came to Asante, and the Adinkra War of 1818
So, Adinkra was a king paying tribute to the Asante King, and who rebelled
Your channel is amazing. Thank you for your work and for the valious information you provide!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
This symbol appeared on my mirror 3 times and when I went back to clarify after seeing this symbol which look almost identical i realised... wow... it must be a message of sorts? - ...... wow!
So informative, yes, but also so beautifully done. Thank you so so so so much. Great Appreciation, - Amber
Do you have any books to recommend... I was told by my grandfather that my ancestors come from the Ashanti Empire... I want to know more about their history even the language. Please assist, thank you
Send me your email and WhatsApp number. I will give you step by step history of Asante. Its a long history l.
Send me your email and WhatsApp number so I can share with you Asante history, which is a rich long history.
Vanessa , Please Could you help me , I need to undestand this symbol . Do you know where I find this adinkra symbol but the means is correct in the internet . I am brazilian , Brazil is the country more black out the Africa . I would like more the your help . I need to pass this Knowledge for children and youngs .
Can we go with another name besides "Heresy" tho? LOL Love the content and the aim of the topic
I’m new to your channel love the way this video is put together subscribed today!
Who also comes here once in a while to update yourself on our beautiful culture)
Thank you 😍👏
Always welcome queen… keep education us💙
@@powelishxx5020 I will😍
1:42 -> In Chinese, a character looks like this: 美 (beautiful).
fascinating. S James Gates brought me here. Ma'at Hotep fam
I LOVE what you do.
Your Work is Rich and Excellent
Thank you very much 😊
Stop lying:
The True Origins of the Adinkra symbols. The Adinkra symbols originated from Bono Kingdom, in Bono GYAAMAN of Ghana and Partly the Ivory coast.
WHO ARE THE PEOPLE OF GYAAMAN?
They’re BONO AKAN people, living in both GHANA AND IVORY COAST (BONTOUKU,IVORY COAST/ BONO AND BONO EAST OF GHANA)
If it was in 1817 as you misconstrued, which of the Asante kings was named Adinkra ? Answer, None.
Nana Kojo Adinkra has descendants you know. The first Adinkra symbol was called “BINKABI” to wit- no one harasses the other. The dialect ca only be a BONO dialect. Let’s not throw dust in the eyes of the world.
Various aspects of Akan culture stem from the Bono state, including the umbrella used for the kings, the swords of the nation (Akofena), the royal stools, goldsmithing, blacksmithing, Kente Cloth weaving, the chief of Yefri, NKORANZA NORTH, Bono east region of Ghana, informed the then Asante king at the time of a group of people in Bontouku (Bonos) who were skilful in cloth weaving and subsequently sent some Asantes to learn from them. Everyone must remember there was a Bono akan kingdom over 400 years before the Asante kingdom was formed. With that in mind most of the cultural dressings,, such as the Kente, Adinkra symbols, Fontomfrom drums are all originated from Bono Akan people. NANA KOJO ADINKRA was a Bono King and he invented the symbols. If you want the true history search m/ watch SUMAHENE , who’s a descendant of King Adinkra. Go to the Bono areas like Takyiman, Dormaa and Gyaman for the authentic history. After the Bono kingdom came the Denkyira Kingdom (Denkyira or Adewu came from Bono Nkyiraa), the Asante kingdom later emerged after waging war to free themselves from Denkyira. Hence all the Akan kingdoms were greatly influenced by the Bono Kingdom.
very well done. we must pass this on to others
Was the king Nana kwadeo Adinkra or Kofi...
Thanks dear beautiful this shows how you are very well equipped with the history
Hi there, in the description (text) you describe that the Adinkra symbols are "infamous"... they are "famous", "prevalent", "influential", but they are not "infamous". I suggest you update the description.
A bit background why I am here: I went to The National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta a week ago, where I learned "Child workers on cacao plantation are exposed to toxic pesticides and dawn-to-dark workdays for little pay, if they are paid at all. Some of these children are slaves, sold into servitude by human traffickers or their families." Before visiting the museum, I had no idea how and where chocolate is being made and by whom. I started paying more attention to what I am eating and using. I bought fair-trade Divine chocolate today and saw many adinkra symbols on the package and I learned some of them, such as Sankofa, Dwennimmen, Funtunfunefu Denkyemfunefu, Ananse Ntonan, Asase Ye Duru and Denkyem.
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This is so great. Thank you
You are very welcome, glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thank you so much. This was extremely informative.
Wonderful
Would it be considered disrespectful for my to use the akoma ntoso symbol for my clothing brand?
Hi, thank you for your video. I'm an afrodescendant and recently discovered the existence of the Adinkras. Thank to you, now I understand a little more de history of it.
(Also, as a young adult, I felt personally hurt to see an aunty wearing... those white people hair. As woman, other women like me are like parental exemple, and seing like that hurt me.
Please, be reminded that a lot of ither younger ones, menqnd women may look at you closely, so please be warry of the... messages and symbols you portay to them)
This is pretty cool stuff. I stumbled on this looking at coat of arms im trying to find. Learned something new about African cultural or a lil part of it. The visuals helped also as i tend to day dream when reading and am more of a hands on learner.
Wow thank you so much for loving the content! Glad to know I've been a positive influence on your learning process 👍 😇
@@vanessadanso Yes ma'am!🙂
This is great, I have always wondered what these symbols mean thank you for the video
Loved this ❤️ but “….it is now to be viewed in a British Museum” hit hard.
You are so pretty and I love the video on a quest to learn more about my African heritage ❤
Thank you for sharing your beautiful history and culture 💚
Can you please help me to know the meaning of Danso
Loved this. Thank you so much! Excited to learn more.
Was the king Nana kwadeo Adinkra or Kofi...
I live in the U.s and have seen some of these symbols in various places 😳
What a gorgeous Queen!
How would you pronounce "hye won hye"?
I have been trying to find this for so long!!!! Thank you so much
Love your presentation sister 😘 l am posting it on my SM platform. Thank you kindly.
Thank you too love! Glad you enjoyed it sis💖
These symbols are for the people of Gyaman (Bono/Abron) not the Asantes please
I can tell your research was conducted by an Asante 😁😎.
All the same great work.
Google Account the symbols dont belong to either of them but rather the whole 7 akan families
@@kevinagyapong5420 yes, it is for the Akans. The Asantes, i think made it popular
Adinkra is from Gyaman, Bono region, not Ashanti please stop the lies.
@@malindaqueen3203 Adinkra is a WAR TROPHY for the Asante king.
You legally own what you conquer, this is a practical life not emotions
You are only talking out of emotions.
By your claims, then no one has a land in this world.
Because there were other people occupying all Bono lands before, your ancestors took possession of them.
The law is, Own what you conquer.
What you conquer becomes a WAR TROPHY.
Why heresy that has negative connotations
The way Ashantis love to claim everything do you think the Ashanti king of that time would keep the symbols name Adinkra ? Make it make sense
You say claiming everything, have we claim your family home or village?
Can you claim something you don't have?
This is the difference between poor and wealthy people, poor people thinks wealthy are greedy and always claiming everything.
But the poor doesn't know that, you live according to your vision, so if you don't have vision, don't talk with ignorance.
@@ericdickens542 ASK AGAIN
I had to stop the video so I could leave a comment, this production is amazing!
Aaaaaewww thank you 😍😇glad you're enjoying it!
Fake news haha Adinkra is from the Bono region
Who in Bono owns Adinkra?
@@ericdickens542 EVEN NONE OF THE NAMES SOUND LIKE BONO
🙌🏾✨🖤thank uu
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What is the dating for the development of these symbols?
17th Century