'Asaase Ye Duru' Print

'Asaase Ye Duru' A3 print (160gsm)

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Black and white colouring in print (file sent to email on purchase)

'Asaase Ye Duru' translating in Asante Twi (Ghana) to the ‘Earth carries weight’.

An Akan Adinkra symbol highlighting the wealth, providence, nourishment and exchange that we have with Asaase Yaa (Mother Earth) through our bodies, food and all that is physical and material that we experience. Bringing reflection to what and how much we receive and give back to Earth and Nature in gratitude and understanding within the natural laws of existence, death and life. As our vessels are given to us when we enter this realm, so they will return to the soil when we depart.

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Janina Nana Yaa Asiedu (they/them) is a Queer Ghanaian artist, Ritualist and Ancestral practitioner. Born in Aotearoa NZ and founder of House of Afi x Nyame Dua, they offer visual art, herbal skin-care, spiritual adornments and divination that guide the collective through the waters of Ancestral healing & intimacy.

Janina’s artwork embraces the use of vibrant tones to call the unseen to be seen - honouring African Divinities, Adinkra symbols and mystical forces of Nature. Their heart is most fulfilled when uplifting LGBTQIA+, African, Black and Brown community. Deeply inspired by Indigenous patterns, line work and naturally informed by their upbringing in Tāmaki Makaurau their art reflects their ancestral migration as manu / tauiwi and the ongoing connection to whenua and Tangata Whenua Māori.

For commission drawings / prints feel free to email [email protected]