Edina Asafo

This research work is towards an anthropological study and

interpretation of the nature and functions of Edina Asafo Companies and their

Posts in the socio-cultural life of the people, where these institutions and their

monuments feature prominently in their annual calendar.

The early visual art traditions of the Edina people, especially the Asafo

Companies consist of Architectural forms, sculptures, paintings, graphical

symbols, documentation of events and thoughts.

The Edina Asafo visual arts express both the traditions and aspirations

of the textiles, flags, mascots and others which were used as the basis for their

soul and being of the Edina people, for what they experienced in the past and

what is considered desirable for the present and the future. Certainly the arts

give visual meanings to those ideas and thoughts that pervade the

representation of the Asafo forms and concepts that showcased the highly

spiritual and artistic inspirations of the traditional artists. Content and form

and the essentials of the deep meaning of the functions of these posts can be

identified through the concepts of form, colour, technique and the factors of

their exquisite proportions.