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A zigzag line of sharp reversals.
Also known as: Nkyinkyim symbol, Twisting symbol, Zigzag adinkra, Changing life symbol
Nkyinkyim is a zigzag standing for the twists of life's journey and the resourcefulness needed to navigate them. Its meaning is unusually direct for an adinkra symbol: the shape is the metaphor rather than a picture of an object.
Denotes initiative, dynamism and versatility in Akan tradition, drawn as a sharply zigzagging line.
Contexts: Public information
Takes its meaning from the shape itself — the changing direction of a life's course — rather than from a depicted object.
Contexts: Public information
A continuous line making a series of sharp right-angled or acute reversals, running across the field like a stepped path.