Samuel A Bentum (Ph D)

Edina Asafo Samuel A Bentum (Ph D)

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.