Among the many symbols of Akan culture, few are as profound and universally resonant as Sankofa. Depicted in the Adinkra system as a bird turning its head backward while its feet face forward, or ...

Solid gold watches display wealth and power; to tell time, chiefs often sport conventional timepieces. Glassell Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Akan chiefs wear a variety of crowns. The ...

Artists in Akan society, located in present-day Ghana and Ivory Coast, crafted objects to bring their rulers into communication with spiritual and ancestral realms. Akan society includes a subgroup ...

It is often said that Hokkaido is a different “country” all on its own. This northernmost tip of Japan is the country’s second-largest island, which became a full-fledged prefecture only in 1947.

AFA copy 39088019751387 gift from Janet Staney. 1807: KWAME, KWAKU, AND BAAKO live in the most powerful kingdom in West Africa. Kwame is the son of a chief. Kwaku is the likely successor to the chief.

Solid gold watches display wealth and power; to tell time, chiefs often sport conventional timepieces. Glassell Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Akan chiefs wear a variety of crowns. The ...