Sankofa
Sankofa (nke a na-akpọ SAHN-koh-fah) bụ okwu n'asụsụ Twi nke Ghana nke pụtara na ọ ga-eweghachi" (nke pụtara "ịlaghachi ma nweta"; san - ịlaghachi; ko - ịga; fa - iwere, ịchọ ma were) ma na-ezo aka na akara Bono Adinkra nke a na-anọchite anya ya ma ọ bụ n'ụdị obi ma ọ bụ nnụnụ na-atụgharị isi ya azụ mgbe ụkwụ ya na-ebu àkwá dị oké ọnụ ahịa n'ọnụ ya. A na-ejikọkarị Sankofa na ilu ahụ, nke a na-asụgharị dị ka: "Ọ bụghị ihe ọjọọ ịlaghachi maka ihe ị chefuru. "[1][2]
Nnụnụ sankofa na-apụta ugboro ugboro na nka ọdịnala ndị Akan, a nabatakwara ya dị ka ihe nnọchianya dị mkpa na ọnọdụ ndị Africa America na ndị Africa Diaspora iji gosipụta mkpa ọ dị iche echiche banyere oge gara aga iji wuo ọdịnihu na-aga nke ọma. Ọ bụ otu n'ime akara adinkra kachasị gbasaa, na-apụta na ọla nke oge a, egbugbu, na uwe.
Ndị Akan nke Ghana na-eji akara adinkra na-anọchi anya otu echiche ahụ. Otu ụdị ya yiri akara nke ọwụwa anyanwụ nke obi, nke ọzọ bụ nke nnụnụ nke na-atụgharị isi ya azụ iji jide akwa nke e sere n'elu azụ ya n'ụzọ ihe atụ. Ọ na-anọchi anya iwere ihe dị mma site n'oge gara aga wee webata ya ugbu a iji nwee ọganihu dị mma site na iji ihe ọmụma dị mma. Ndị Akan na-eji akara Adinkra akọwa ilu na echiche nkà ihe ọmụma ndị ọzọ.
Nnụnụ sankofa na-apụta n'elu oche osisi Akan a tụrụ atụ, na ọla edo Akan, na nche anwụ ma ọ bụ nche anwụ nke steeti ụfọdụ na-achị achị na n'elu ndị ọrụ nke ụfọdụ ndị ọkà mmụta asụsụ ụlọ ikpe.[3] Ọ na-arụ ọrụ iji kwalite nkwanye ùgwù na ịdị n'otu n'omenala.
- ↑ The Spirituals Project at the University of Denver. African Tradition, Proverbs, and Sankofa. Archived from the original on 20 April 2011. Retrieved on 19 February 2010.
- ↑ DeMello (2014-05-30). Inked: Tattoos and Body Art around the World [2 volumes] (in en). ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-61069-076-8.
- ↑ An example is shown at conradiator.com