Kasem Proverbs as Digital Paintings

Abstract

This study highlights the role of Visual Art in the preservation of oral culture. Apart from oral transmission of culture, existing literature indicates the constant use of text as the ultimate method used to document, preserve and pass on Kasem proverbs over the years. The goal of the paper was to record and preserve selected Kasem proverbs and taboos by going through digital painting processes. Each painting is titled with their respective proverb theme and has objects peculiar to people from the North of Ghana, where Navrongo is located and this is to indicate the origin of the painted proverbs. Backed by the Nelson’s semantic theory, which says that pictures are perceptually more distinct from one another than word, thus ensuring their chances of retrieval, the outcomes of this study provide readers and viewers of the artworks, the possibility of retention and recall of the proverbs by perceiving digital artworks of some Kasem proverbs. Keywords: Navrongo, Kasem Proverbs, Digital Paintings DOI: 10.7176/ADS/103-2 Publication date: January 31 st 2023