Nkonsonkonson — The Adinkra symbol of Unity & Community
A chain is easy to misread: you see it and you see constraint. The Akan people of Ghana looked at the same object and saw something entirely different — a form in which every individual part remains completely itself, and yet contributes to something that no single part could be or accomplish alone. Nkonsonkonson: chain link. Neither link dissolves into the other. Each holds, and is held. We are linked, the Akan proverb says, in both life and death. The connection is not optional. The only question is what quality of link you choose to be.
