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Adinkrahene Adinkra symbol — three concentric circles representing greatness, charisma and leadership as the foundational symbol of the Adinkra visual tradition
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THE FORM.

Among the Adinkra symbols, there is one from which the geometric logic of many of the others is held to derive. It is...

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