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- Akrafena abstract "Akrafena (Akan sword) is an Akan sword, that was originally meant for warfare, but has also assumed other certain functions. They carry adinkra symbols that evoke specific messages. The sword has three parts: a blade, usually made of some metal such as iron; the hilt, made of carved wood or metal; and the sheath, usually made of animal hide. The blade in ritual swords may not have a sharp cutting edge. It often has incised lines or Akan symbolic designs on it. Some swords have double (afenata) or triple (mfenasa) blades. The hilt may be wrapped with gold leaf with various Akan symbols worked onto it. The hilt itself may be carved to encode an Akan symbol. The sheath may carry an embossment (abosodee) that comprises Akan symbols meant to evoke certain expressive messages. The mpomponsuo (responsibility) sword of the Asantehene, for example, has an embossment of a coiled snake with a bird in its mouth. This conveys the Akan message: nanka bobonya mede asase anya onwam – the puff adder that cannot fly has caught the hornbill that flies. This is used to symbolize patience, prudence, and circumspection.".
- Akrafena origin Ashanti_Empire.
- Akrafena thumbnail State_Gifts_Presentation_Sword.JPG?width=300.
- Akrafena type Fighting_knife.
- Akrafena type Machete.
- Akrafena type Sword.
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- Akrafena wikiPageLength "13979".
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- Akrafena wikiPageRevisionID "640913677".
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Adinkra_symbols.
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Akan_Chieftaincy.
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Akan_people.
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Akanland.
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- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Charge_(warfare).
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- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Embossing_(manufacturing).
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Embroidery.
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- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Mouth.
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Oath_of_allegiance.
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Oath_of_office.
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Opoku_Ware_I.
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Patience.
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Penetration_(weaponry).
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Power_(social_and_political).
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Prudence.
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Regalia.
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Reign.
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Ritual_purification.
- Akrafena wikiPageWikiLink Sankofa.