Stock photography, photos: Gold Linguist Staff - Ghana Stock photos of A linguist‚s golden staff at New Juaben Akwantukese Festival at Kyebi in the Eastern Region of Ghana, West Africa. The okyeame and abusua poma (linguist's and family staffs) are used for political and judicial purposes. In the king's court, for example, the linguist will carry the poma to express profound messages relating to justice, peace, conflict resolution, and arbitration. The linguist will also carry a staff on diplomatic missions for the chief. In such instance the symbol on the staff will encode the message being carried by the emissary. Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: ghana, africa, west Africa, eastern region, gold coast, linguist, staff, golden staff, gold staff, poma, Akwantukese, akwantukese festival, holiday, festivity, ceremony, celebration, festival, king, royal, royals