Proverbs from Ghana
January 3, 2024
Students will explore traditional Akan proverbs and the Adinkra symbols associated with them. They will make connections to familiar proverbs and sayings, and will create their own symbols for them.
Students will explore traditional Akan proverbs and the Adinkra symbols associated with them. They will make connections to familiar proverbs and sayings, and will create their own symbols for them.
Students will look closely and carefully at images of the Ackland Art Museum’s Ntan Drum and consider how the imagery on the object communicates Asante proverbs.
In this lesson, students will listen to a West African folktale from Senegal and will collaborate as a whole class to arrange a musical performance to go with the story.