I'm exhausted from a long but exciting day in Kumasi. Even though Kumasi is supposedly smaller than Accra, it seems much busier (probably has to do with the hours we spent stuck in traffic) and incredibly hectic. Early this morning we drove to a nearby village that specializes in printing the Adinkra symbols of Western Africa. The Adinkra ink is made by boiling Badie tree bark for a couple of days. We each took turns printing some of the symbols on the traditional "kente" cloths. I spent such a long time pouring through all of the symbols, and probably would have stayed longer but I didn't want to drive my group crazy, before deciding on:
-Ntesie-matemasie - "I have heard and kept it" A symbol of wisdom and knowledge.
-Odo nyera fie kwan - "Love does not get lost on its way home" A symbol of love and devotion.
-Sunsum - "The soul"
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