Note: To protect the privacy of our members, e-mail addresses have been removed from the archived messages. As a result, some links may be broken.
Find Lesson Plans on getty.edu! GettyGames

Re: African poetry...artsednet..

---------

From: The Austin's (whest177_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Mon Jan 14 2002 - 20:09:19 PST

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_0138_01C19D48.1DFB5020
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Thanks for the reminder - I had filed the book away and finally found it =
(two weeks after using it! *L*). The title is "Values of Adinkra =
Symbols" by Adolph H. Agbo Published by: Ebony Designs and =
Publications, Independence Hall, UST. Kumasi, Ghana =20

I purchased my copy at our state conference from a woman who had =
recently visited Africa. I don't know if or how hard it would be to =
purchase your own copy. Here is the "poem" titled Love:=20

Love is faithfulness
Love is understanding and mutual agreement
Love is friendship and interdependence
Love comes from God, therefore no one can break it apart.

This is based upon 4 symbols, with their meanings broken down to create =
this poem. It was a great experience seeing what the students came up =
with in their interpretation of the symbols!
~Michal

Finally read your post about the poetry and symbols..what was the book =
you used?=20
Thanks for your help!=20
Shari in NY=20 

---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02
------=_NextPart_000_0138_01C19D48.1DFB5020
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" =
http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
<META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks for the reminder - I had filed the book away =
and=20
finally found it (two weeks after using it! *L*). The title is "Values =
of=20
Adinkra Symbols" by Adolph H. Agbo&nbsp;&nbsp; Published by: Ebony =
Designs and=20
Publications, Independence Hall, UST.&nbsp;&nbsp; Kumasi, =
Ghana&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>I purchased my copy at our state conference from a woman who had =
recently=20
visited Africa. I don't know if or how hard it would be to purchase your =
own=20
copy. Here is the "poem" titled Love: </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Love is faithfulness</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Love is understanding and mutual agreement</DIV>
<DIV>Love is friendship and interdependence</DIV>
<DIV>Love comes from God, therefore no one can break it apart.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>This is based upon 4 symbols, with their meanings broken down to =
create=20
this poem. It was a great experience seeing what the students came up =
with in=20
their interpretation of the symbols!</DIV>
<DIV>~Michal</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: =
0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT size=3D2>Finally read your =
post about the=20
poetry and symbols..what was the book you used? <BR>Thanks for your =
help!=20
<BR>Shari in NY</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><BR>---<BR>Outgoing mail is =
certified Virus=20
Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (<A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.grisoft.com">http://www.grisoft.com>).<BR>Version: =
6.0.314=20
/ Virus Database: 175 - Release Date:=20
1/11/02</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_0138_01C19D48.1DFB5020--