Akan Bags
Description: Embrace the profound wisdom of West African heritage with this elegant, gold-textured Akokonan design. Akokonan, an Adinkra symbol representing the "leg of a hen," is a powerful emblem of mercy, nurturing, and protective discipline. It stems from the Akan proverb: "The hen treads on her chicks, but she does not kill them," symbolizing the perfect balance between correction and love.
Description: The Sankofa Bird is a symbol from Ghana. It's said to teach us that we need to go back to our roots to move forward. To gather the best of what our past has to teach us so we can move forward in the best way possible. What you've lost or forgotten can be reclaimed and revived. The background was created using three colours that were allowed to spread.
Description: There is no shame in not knowing. We should share knowledge to improve one another. Failure to do so results in a backward and ignorant society.
Obi nnim a, obi kyere (If someone does not know, someone teaches) - Akan Proverb Bag
by ArtisticFloetry
$24
Description: Sankofa is often expressed in the Akan language as "sewo were fi nawosankofa a yenki". Which means it is not an abomination to return and take what you forgot. Sankofa teaches that to record successes and move forward, we have to return to our roots. In other words, Sankofa translates to gathering good lessons learned in our past and using them to achieve future goals.
Description: Duafe is West African Adinkra Symbol of beauty, cleanliness and desirable feminine qualities: love and care. Great as a gift from a husband to a wife to show the couple's desire to have children. Duafe combs were gifts from Akan men to women for special events, such as weddings, engagements, baby showers or births. Nowadays it is important symbol for African American people to commemorate their roots and show real feminine qualities.
