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This is a sign used on clothes in Ghana, Africa. It is called Pepe kramo, meaning an evil person according to one source, although it is difficult to imagine that anyone would be happy walking around in clothing decorated with signs of this denotation. A misunderstanding as to its meaning is not unlikely. There is, however, a similarity with the modern ideogram  for nuclear power, above. Also discernible in this ideogram is the sign structure  , signifying a warning or threat, and  in Group 30, used on some medieval Western knights' coats of arms, meaning religiosity. Semiotically analyzed this ideogram implies threat, dangerous power, and religious fanaticism.
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