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| Border design from the African chapter in Learn World Calligraphy, by Margaret Shepherd. |
Adinkra is a symbol system (rather than an alphabet) that represents culturally important ideas with simple designs (above and left). They are traditionally stamped onto hand-woven cloth. 
These printing blocks are usually carved from the calabash gourd, right.
In a modern reinterpretation of this traditional craft, these Adinkra symbols were carved into flat beach sand by Andrew van der Merwe.
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