| Summary: | The purpose of the study was to develop visual icons from the mental imagery of Dagaare and Waala proverbs from the people in the Upper West Region of Ghana intending to fit them into the contemporary academic picture-learning pattern. It aimed at creating sensory connections between the learners and their subjects, for stronger attention, interest, acceptance, and retention. Though there are abounding studies on the Akan, Ga and Ewe proverbs, there is no study on the Dagaare and Waala proverbs and how they could be used for cultural education in Ghana. The study fills this gap in the studies of proverbs in the Ghanaian context by developing iconic visual imagery for selected Dagaare and Waala proverbs. The study was ethnographic research under the qualitative research approach that spanned from 20 February 2019 to 15th of May, 2020 within six communities in the Upper West Region of Ghana where the Waala and Dagaare people resides. Personal interviews and focus group discussions with 58 purposively sampled study participants namely chiefs, elders, and people in the Upper West Region. Essentially, the research developed iconic visual eisegesis for 50 proverbs of the Dagaare and Waala communities of Ghana. Finally, the pictorial interpretations of the proverbs were thoroughly discussed based on the researchers’ visual extemporization in consultation with the study participants for quick reference, education, and posterity especially among the youth in the Region, many of whom have lost touch with their rich cultural heritage.
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