Adinkra: Integration of African and Western Cultural Visual Vocabulary

Abstract

This project is about the utilization of pictograms and ideograms based on Adinkra symbols and Western alphabets to create a visual language for cross cultural understanding.

The project is about the integration of the Adinkra symbols and the Alphabet into a new visual medium. This medium will be a meeting place for both cultures. As a graphic designer, I am trying to create the new medium, introducing elements from different cultures to a new culture. This integration will respect both languages and the new language that is created will maintain the forms of each respective language. The purpose will be to familiarize people from Western and African culture with elements from both Adinkra symbols and the Alphabets in a friendly way.

The project is designed to educate an audience like the visual artist, Graphic designers, Educators, Social, Cultural and Multicultural Studies, Language and Semiotics and Students.