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The Asafo flags are regimental flags of the Fante people, an ethnic group that mainly resides in Ghana's central coastal region. The flags are influenced by a combination of Akan proverbs, visual imagery, and European heraldic tradition.[1][2][3]

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Asafo Flags

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Casely-Hayford on Fante Asafo Flags – Artist & Empire". Tate. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via YouTube. Asafo Flags: Stitches Through Time...

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Kormantse is a major regional center in the production of Asafo flags. Abandze Asafo flags Atlantic slave trade Central Region Coromantee Fante people...

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found here https://vatican.com/2/Other-Fante-Asafo-Flag, http://www.amatuli.co.za/Blog/ID/22/Fante-Flags Archived 2020-08-06 at the Wayback Machine and...

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Desch-Obi 2008, pp. 87. Obadele Bakari Kambon, Afrikan=Black Combat Forms Hidden in Plain Sight: Engolo/Capoeira, Knocking-and-Kicking and Asafo Flag Dancing...

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Capoeira

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Forms Hidden in Plain Sight: Engolo/Capoeira, Knocking-and-Kicking and Asafo Flag Dancing Desch-Obi 2008, p. 3. Talmon-Chvaicer 2008, p. 144. Capoeira 2002...

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Engolo

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Forms Hidden in Plain Sight: Engolo/Capoeira, Knocking-and-Kicking and Asafo Flag Dancing Desch-Obi 2008, pp. 3. Da minha África e do Brasil que eu vi,...

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Kongo religion

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Combat Forms Hidden in Plain Sight: Engolo/Capoeira, Knocking-and-Kicking and Asafo Flag Dancing". Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies. 12 (4)....

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had and still have both ritual and military tasks. Each Asafo society included a shrine and a flag. They also formed military units in the event of war....

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Asafo Interchange

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The Asafo Interchange is a dual carriage road system interchange in Kumasi the capital of Ashanti. The construction of the interchange was necessitated...

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Kumasi

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and Asafo. Asafo in particular is the printing hub of Kumasi. Most of the printing done in Kumasi and Ashanti Region as a whole is done at Asafo. Kumasi's...

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Douglas Hyde Gallery

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included: Nepalese Shamanic objects, Japanese Tea Bowls and Ghanaian Asafo Fante Flags. A number of exhibitions in Gallery 2 fall under ‘The Paradise’ series...

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Akan people

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army or Asafo formation resembles a cross or an airplane. The Fante battle formations eventually had some European influences and many Asafo Frankaa (battle...

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African textiles

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other officials, including linguists, flag bearers, priests, and priestesses. The Frankaa is the Flag of a Fante Asafo company. The block-colored patchwork...

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Obeng II

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(male) or Frankaahemaa (female), the “chief of the flag bearers”. In Akan warfare these are asafo ranks. A Frankaahene is similar to the original British...

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2020 Tri Nations Series

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test cap. Angus Bell, Lachlan Swinton and Tom Wright (all Australia) and Asafo Aumua, Cullen Grace, Akira Ioane and Will Jordan (all New Zealand) made...

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Junior Fa

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to his professional record, knocking out his debuting countryman Tussi Asafo in the first round. The fight took place at ABA Stadium, listed as the main...

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George Emil Eminsang

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On 26 April, people from various asafo wards, mainly numbers 6, 7 and 8, marched with muskets, knives and Dutch flags to Eminsang's house, where a meeting...

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Incident Management. Oxford University Press. p. 116. ISBN 9780191503023. Asafo, Dziedzorm; Berchie, Daniel (2016). The Bible, Cultural Identity, and Missions...

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Barbados Landship

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peoples from the Gold Coast region of Ghana known as the Asafo. The general characteristics of the Asafo organization are quite similar to those of the Barbados...

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