Akan language

language of Akan lands in Ghana

Dialect of Akan

language

Ghanaian symbols that represent concepts or aphorisms

thumb|The sankofa symbol '''' (pronounced SAHN-koh-fah) is a word in the Akan language of Ghana meaning "to retrieve" (literally "go back and get"; - to return; - to go; - to fetch, to seek and take) This Adinkra symbol represented either with a stylized heart shape or by a bird with its head turned backwards while its feet face forward carrying a precious egg in its mouth. Sankofa is often associated with the proverb, "Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi''," which translates as: "It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten."

language of Ghana

variant of the Twi language

given names and surnames from a naming system used by the Akan people in Ghana