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UKARA FABRICS DESIGNED WITH NSIBIDI AND ADINKRA SYMBOLS

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Beautiful Ukara fabrics designed with Nsibidi and Adinkra symbols
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Some sweetness to brighten your day. When my very beautiful @dodeye decides to turn simply elegance to luxury on her perfect body. Thanks Sis for always love from us.

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Never let your past decide your future,
Use it like a guide.
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This beautiful dress was dyed by @dodeyesmall and sewn by @naysarudolf

I’m wearing a dress dyed with Nsibidi symbols.

Nsibidi was a body of ideographic, abstract, and gestural signs generally thought to have originated by the Ejagham people (in present-day Nigeria) in large part because colonial investigators found the greatest number and variety of signs among them. It is presumed that Nsibidi spread throughout the region and was also incorporated into other cultures and arts, such as those of the Efik, the Igbo, and even the south-western Cameroonians, among others. Author, PA Talbot who lived during the colonial times described it as “a kind of primitive secret writing” which was communicated on “cut or painted on split palm stems”.

However, JK McGregor (who collected Nsibidi symbols), in his article titled “Some Notes on Nsibidi” argued that Nsibidi was formed by the Uguakima, Ebe, or Uyanga subgroups of the Igbo people and was used for ordinary writing and for court cases.

Nsibidi knowledge, or “literacy,” varied (and still does) according to such factors as age, gender, locality, and membership—and level of initiation—into some of the associations that deploy it.

There are several hundred nsibidi symbols. Some are pictographic (manilla, leopard, mirror), while others are abstract (arc, cross, grid, circle, spiral). It has both public and private components. Some signs are established within popular usage and are widely understood. Knowledge of other signs may be restricted to members of certain groups. For example, members of the pan-regional Leopard Society (known variously as Mgbe among the Qua, Ngbe among the Efut, and Ekpe among the Efik—Igbo) are proscribed from discussing with outsiders the full meanings of particular nsibidi signs. A former Qua paramount ruler at Calabar once told the art historian Robert Farris Thompson, “One kind of traditional writing all know and use, the other is secret—both are nsibidi”

The Lines/Strokes on my dress symbolise a Movement or a Journey in Nsibidi.
The Dots symbolise Greener Pastures.

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I'm sure you did not know that #adire could look this good...
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Outfit @dodeyesmall
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Paix, Amour, Bonheur 😌💦
Top: @dodeyesmall

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Her vibe was completely her own🥰
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She reminded me of no one 🌟
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Swim suit @noka_thrift_store
Scarf @dodeyesmall

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I’m learning not to rush, to be patient. To let life be beautiful. To be happy with right now and to appreciate life...
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Pc @mz_ekaji ❤️
Swim suit @noka_thrift_store
Scarf @dodeyesmall

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Because it hasn’t broken me it’s gonna make me stronger 💪🏽
Fabric @dodeyesmall
Scarf dress @visotahcouture

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Your Mood When you have Registered for The Second Edition of Greenfield purplediamond MISS PHOTOGENIC QUEEN 2019 💃💃💃

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