Definition of adinkra
: a writing system incorporating symbols representing various concepts that is used by the Akan peoples of Ghana to mark fabrics, walls, pottery, and other surfaces
—often used before another noun
- Two murals from a Jackson Pollock workshop and two from a West African adinkra printing workshop are on display.
- —Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 16 Apr. 2007
- adinkra cloth [=cloth marked with adinkra symbols]
