Scope and Contents Adinkra are West African symbols named after a 19th Century Ivory Coast King. The symbols were copied from the Ashanti royal stool.Wikipedia: William "Bill" Keith (January 20, 1929 -- September 1, 2004) was an African-American artist who began his artistic life as a painter, but moved into photography and visual poetry. His visual poetry ran a full gamut from calligrams inspired by Apollinaire and other early 20th Century French poets to Lettrisme to the Minimalism and Op Art of the 1960s.As his work developed, Keith concentrated increasingly on African and African-American themes and sources. This development toward African roots and branches led away from the Roman alphabet and more toward the store of iconography and symbolism from Egypt to South Africa to the American diaspora. Consequently, Keith developed graphic techniques suggested by textiles, wood carvings, bronze casts, ceramics, and other indigenous arts. An example of Keith's recreation of the substance of his visual...

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This poem lists the names of African tribes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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On the verso, Keith has repetitively typed "1" to form a typewriter poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A partially completed stenciled letter drawing appears on the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The word "sphinx" appears as a printed, tautologic, concrete poem on the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Ezra refers to Ezra Pound. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is an experimental poem in the form of a letter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Cover was designed by Bob Grumman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.