Wisdom · Togo · Africa
The Baobab
Original proverb · Éwé
« La connaissance est un baobab : nul ne peut l'enlacer seul. »
Translation
Knowledge is a baobab: no one can embrace it alone.
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Sizes
- —Oversize · 240 g/m²
- —Combed cotton
- —Back print
- —Europe shipping
Meaning
Knowledge is too vast for one person; it is shared, arms outstretched, hand to hand.
Cultural context
Among the Ewe of Togo and Ghana, the baobab is the tree of council, keeper of collective memory.
Design story
The baobab's silhouette fills the back, its branches like arms reaching to meet.
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