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Nii Amon Kotei (24 May 1915 – 17 October 2011) was a Ghanaian sculptor, painter, musician, surveyor, and graphic artist. He is mostly remembered and celebrated as the designer of the coat of arms of Ghana . [ 1 ]
Coat of arms of Ghana; Armiger: Republic of Ghana: Adopted: 4 March 1957: Crest: A black star bordered in gold: Torse: Gold, green and red: Shield: Azure on a cross vert fimbriated Or a lion passant guardant Or, in the first quarter a linguist's staff and ceremonial sword crossed in saltire Or, in the second quarter issuant from five bars wavy Argent and Azure a castle Argent upon a mount Or ...
Kenturah Davis (born 1980), drawer, sculptor, performance artist, installation artist; she has lived in the US and Ghana; Godfried Donkor (born 1964), painter, collagist, and mixed-media artist; lives in London, of Ghanaian ancestry
The country's new coat of arms, designed by Amon Kotei, includes eagles, a lion, a St. George's Cross, and a Black Star, with copious gold and gold trim. [139] Philip Gbeho was commissioned to compose the new national anthem, "God Bless Our Homeland Ghana". [140]
Amon Kotei, artist, designer of Ghana’s Coat of Arms; Architecture. David Adjaye, architect; Theodore S. Clerk, urban planner and first Ghanaian professionally ...
The crest was designed by Nii Amon Kotei, [citation needed] a senior citizen and national award winner who also designed the national coat of arms. [3]The crest is a shield divided into four quarters by fishing rope running horizontally and vertically.
Kotei is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amon Kotei (1915–2011), Ghanaian artist and surveyor; David Kotei (born 1950), Ghanaian boxer; James Kotei (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer; J. E. A. Kotei, military pilot and diplomat; Robert Kotei (1935–1979), Ghanaian soldier, athlete, and politician
Dawson was an apprentice of Ghanaian modernist master and designer of the national emblem Amon Kotei. At Victoriaburg Press, Kotei taught Dawson engraving and the colour separation process. After Dawson's retirement from Ghana's Information Services Department in 2000, he devoted much of his time to his art practice. [3]