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Alamun Adinkra

Adinkra alamomi ne daga Ghana waɗanda ke wakiltar ra'ayi ko aphorisms. Ana kuma amfani da Adinkra sosai a cikin yadudduka, tambura da tukwane. An haɗa su cikin ganuwar da kuma sauran fasalulluka na gine-gine. Alamun Adinkra sun bayyana akan wasu ma'aunin gwal na Akan na gargajiya. Hakanan ana zana alamomin akan stools don amfanin gida da na al'ada. Yawon shakatawa ya haifar da sabbin tashi a cikin amfani da alamomin a cikin abubuwa kamar T-shirts da kayan ado.

Tambari na kalaman Adinkra

Alamun suna da aikin ado amma kuma suna wakiltar abubuwa waɗanda ke ɗauke da saƙon da ke ɗauke da hikimar gargajiya, al'amuran rayuwa, ko muhalli. Akwai alamomi da yawa masu ma'anoni daban-daban, galibi suna haɗe da karin magana. A cikin kalmomin Kwame Anthony Appiah, sun kasance ɗaya daga cikin hanyoyin da ake amfani da su don "taimakawa watsawar hadadden tsarin aiki da imani".[1]

Tufafin makoki na Adinkra ta 1817

Mutanen Bono na Gyaman ne suka kirkiro alamun Adinkra. Sarkin Gyaman, Nana Kwadwo Agyemang Adinkra, da farko ya ƙirƙira ko ya tsara waɗannan alamomin, yana sanya wa kansa suna. Mutanen Bono sun fi amfani da alamun Adinkra akan tukwane, stools da dai sauransu. Adinkra tufafin Sarkin Gyaman ne, kuma amfanin sa ya yadu daga Bono Gyaman zuwa Asante da sauran masarautun Akan bayan shan kaye. An ce masu zanen guild da suka zana wannan tufa ga Sarakuna an tilasta musu koya wa Asantes sana’ar. Ɗan fari na sarkin Gyaman Nana Kwadwo Agyemang Adinkra, Apau, wanda aka ce ya ƙware a sana’ar Adinkra, an tilasta masa ya ƙara koya game da tufafin Adinkra. Bayanai na baka sun tabbatar da cewa Adinkra Apau ya koyar da wani mutum mai suna Kwaku Dwaku a wani gari kusa da Kumasi.[2][3][4][5][6][7] A tsawon lokaci, duk mutanen Akan da suka hada da Fante, Akuapem da Akyem duk sun sanya alamun Adinkra wani muhimmin bangare na al'adarsu, saboda dukkansu sun samo asali ne daga tsohuwar masarautar Bono.

An yi zanen adinkra mafi tsufa a cikin 1817. Tufafin yana da alamomi 15 masu hatimi, ciki har da nsroma (taurari), dono ntoasuo ( ganguna Dono biyu), da lu'u-lu'u. An buga tsarin ta hanyar amfani da tambarin calash da aka zana da rini na tushen kayan lambu. Ya kasance a cikin Gidan Tarihi na Biritaniya tun 1818, lokacin da Thomas E. Bowdich ya ba da ita.[8][9][10]

Adinkra tufafi ta 1825

An aika na gaba mafi tsufa yanki na adinkra textile a 1825 daga Elmina Castle zuwa ga sarauta majalisar ministocin curiosities a Hague, a mayar da martani ga wani aiki daga Major F. Last, wanda aka nada na wucin gadi Kwamandan Dutch Gold Coast. Ya sa rigar ta ba da izini daga Fante babban hafsan Elmina na William I na Netherlands, wanda zai bayyana dalilin da yasa rigar makamai na Netherlands ke tsakiyar. Sauran motifs sune halaye na tsofaffi adinkra. Yanzu an nuna shi a cikin Gidan Tarihi na Tarihi na Ƙasa a Leiden.[11]

A cikin Nuwamba 2020, wata hukumar makaranta a York, Pennsylvania, ta haramta "littafin canza launin yara wanda ke nuna alamun Adrinkra [sic] na Afirka da aka samu a cikin yadudduka, tambura da tukwane."[12]

Tufafin Adinkra

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A cikin Akan (Twi), kalmar adinkra tana nufin ba alamomi ba, amma wani nau'in zane.[13][14] Sarautu da shugabannin ruhi ne kawai suke sa tufafin Adinkra a al'ada don jana'izar da sauran lokuta na musamman. A da, an buga su da hannu akan yadudduka na auduga marasa rini, ja, launin ruwan kasa ko baƙar fata wanda aka saka a hannun hannu dangane da taron da irin rawar da mai sanye yake da shi; a zamanin yau ana yawan samarwa da yawa akan yadudduka masu haske.[15]

Anthony Boakye yana amfani da tsefe don alamar layi ɗaya a kan rigar adinkra a Ntonso, Ghana.
Anthony Boakye yana buga rigar adinkra tare da tambarin calabash a Ntonso, Ghana.

Cibiyar samar da kayan gargajiya a halin yanzu ta fito ne daga Ghana, Ntɔnso, mai nisan kilomita 20 daga arewa maso yammacin Kumasi da kuma cikin Ivory Coast.[16] Dark Adinkra aduro pigment ga stamping ana yin shi a wurin, ta hanyar jiƙa, ɓarkewa, da kuma tafasa haushi na ciki da tushen bishiyar badie (Bridelia ferruginea)[17] a cikin ruwa a kan wutar itace. Da zarar launin duhun ya fito, sai a yi tagulla, sannan a dafa shi na tsawon sa'o'i da yawa har sai ya yi kauri. An zana tambarin daga kasan guntun calabash. Suna auna tsakanin murabba'in santimita biyar zuwa takwas. Suna da hannu a baya, kuma tambarin kanta yana ɗan lanƙwasa don a iya sanya rini tare da motsin motsi.

Misalin alamomin da aka jera

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Samfurin da aka yi rikodi na alamomin adinkra 53 da ma'anarsu

Alamun Adinkra da Robert Sutherland Rattray ya rubuta, 1927

Jerin alamomi da Bayani

Lamba Sunan Alama Ma'ana ta zahiri Karin Bayani Alamomi masu alaƙa
1 Aban gida mai hawa biyu, katafaren gini wannan zane a da Sarkin Gyaman ne kawai ke sawa
4 Adinkira 'hene sarkin Adinkira 'shugaban' duk waɗannan ƙirar Adinkira
8 Agyindawuru gong bishiyar agyin ruwan itacen wannan sunan wani lokaci ana matse shi cikin gong kuma a ce yana faranta wa ruhohi rai.
Akam shukar da ake ci, mai yiyuwa ne dam
9 Akoben kahon yaki
12 Akoko nan tia 'ba, na nkum 'ba Kaza ta taka kaji amma ba ta kashe su
13 Akoma zuciya, tare da giciye a tsakiya
[None listed] No. 13
14 AKOMA NTOSO zukata masu haɗaka
18 Aya fern Kalmar kuma tana nufin 'Ba na jin tsoronku', 'Ni mai zaman kansa ne daga gare ku' kuma mai sawa yana iya nuna hakan ta hanyar sanya ta.
20 BI NKA BI kada wani ya ciji dayan
23 DAME-DAME sunan wasan allo alamar hankali da basira
25 Dono kalangun dono
26 Dono ntoasuo ganguna biyu dono
27 Duafe gunkin katako
28 Dwenini aben ƙahonin rago
30 Epa daurin hannu
34 Fihankra gidan madauwari
35 Se die fofoo pe, ne se gyinantwi abo bedie Abin da shukar fofoo mai launin rawaya yake so shine tsaban gintwi su zama baki Cewar Bono. Ɗayan ƙirar auduga yana da suna iri ɗaya. Fofoo, sunan botanical wanda shine Bidens pilosa, yana da ƙaramin fure mai launin rawaya, wanda, idan ya zubar da furanninsa, ya zama baƙar fata mai kaifi. Inji mai kishi. A cewar Ayensu (1978), gyinantwi kuma yana nufin Bidens pilosa.[18]
37 Funtunfunefu Denkyemfunefu kadan siamese Ciki daya suke raba duk da haka suna fada akan abinci
38 Gyawu Atiko bayan kan Gyaw Gyawu ya kasance babban hafsan Gyaman wanda a wajen bikin Adae Kesse aka ce an aske gashin kansa ta wannan salon.
39 Gye Nyame 'Sai Allah' ko 'Allah Kadai'
41 Hye wo nhye Wanda zai kona ku ba zai ƙone ba
44 Kojo Biaden
47 Papani amma yenhu Kramo (yawan adadin) mutanen da suke kyautatawa sun hana mu sanin ainihin su wanene Mohammed kamar yadda aka wajabta wa mabiya addinin Musulunci da yin ayyuka na gari a cikin al’umma, haka nan kuma ana samun karuwar wadanda ba musulmi ba, ba za mu iya amfani da wannan ma’auni wajen bambance musulmin da ke zaune a cikinmu ba.
49 Kuntinkantan sunkuyar da kai suka baje Kuntinkantan ana amfani da shi a ma'anar 'kada ku yi fahariya, kada ku yi girman kai'.
50 [None Listed] kofe daga Turawa
Non listed Kwatakye atiko a bayan kan Kwatakye Kwatakye kyaftin din yaki ne na daya daga cikin sarakunan Gyaman; A wajen bikin Adae Kesse an ce ya yi aski bayan wannan salon
Non listed Mmrafo ani ase keloid akan Bahaushe
55 Mmra Krado makullin mutumin Hausa
56 Musuyidie wani abu don cire mugunta wani yadi mai wannan zanen da aka lika masa tambari a gefen gadon barci na Sarkin Gyaman, kuma duk safiya idan ya tashi sai ya dora kafarsa ta hagu sau uku.
58 Mpuannum Tufts biyar (na gashi)
62 Nkonsonkonson hanyoyin haɗin gwiwa na sarkar
63 Nkotimsefuopua wasu masu hidima a kan Uwar Sarauniya waɗanda suka sanya gashin kansu a cikin wannan salon. Kama da swastika.
66 Nkyimkyim da karkatacciyar tsari
68 Nsaa daga zane na wannan sunan da aka samo akan zanen nsa
69 Nsirewa kwarjini
70 Nsoroma / Nsoromma yaron Sama / Ɗan Sama yana nufin maganar nan: Oba Nyankon soroma te Nyame so na onte ne ho haka, 'Kamar tauraro, ɗan Maɗaukaki, na huta da Allah, ba na dogara ga kaina ba.' / tsarin yana kan matashin kai na Sarkin Gyaman
71 Ma te; Masie Na ji (abin da kuka fada); Na boye shi wannan yana ɗaukaka nagarta na iya kiyaye amincewa
Non listed Nyame, biribi wo soro, ma no me ka me nsa Ya Allah, duk abin da yake a sama, ka bar hannuna ya taɓa shi an buga tsarin a takarda kuma an rataye shi a saman ledar wata kofa a cikin gidan sarauta. Sarkin Gyaman ya kasance yana taba lintel, sa'an nan goshinsa, sa'an nan kuma ƙirjinsa yana maimaita waɗannan kalmomi sau uku.
74 Nyame dua bagade ga Ubangiji Allah
76 Nyame nwu na ma wu Bari Nyame ya mutu kafin in mutu
Non listed Obi nka obie Ba na cutar da kowa ba tare da dalili ba
84 Ohene niwa (a) 'yan kananan idanun sarki Domin samun yardar sarki
85 Ohen' tuo bindigar sarki
86 Kodie mmowerewa duwawun mikiya
96 Sankofa juyowa ki dauko
97 Sankofa juyowa ki dauko
98 Sepow wuka ya cusa ta kuncin mutum Ana gab da kashe mutumin don a hana shi la'antar sarki

Bayanan kula

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Ci gaba da karatu

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  • The Adinkra dictionary: A visual primer on the language of Adinkra by W. Bruce Willis. ISBN
  • Cloth as Metaphor: (re)reading the Adinkra cloth symbols of the Akan of Ghana by Dr George F. Kojo Arthur. Legon, Ghana: Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 2001. 187 [6], p. 29 cm. ISBN
  • African Accents: Fabrics and Crafts to Decorate Your Home by Lisa Shepard. ISBN
  • Adinkra Symbols: To say good bye to a dead relative or friend by Matthew Bulgin
  • Adinkra: An Epitome of Asante Philosophy and History by Dickson Adome, Erik Appau Asante, Steve Kquofi