An interesting juxtaposition of the fertility dolls and  images of mother carrying child on her back and various geo shapes and textile designs used in Ghana .
This painting tells the story of the fertility doll which is the oldest African symbol that represents youth and fertility. Akua was the name of a girl and Ba is her child .It is one of the most familiar stories in African culture. At some time in the past, there was a young Asante woman called "Akua"( wednesday born)who was having trouble in conceiving a child("ba"). So she was adviced by a priest to commission a wood carving of a child. She was instructed to treat carving just like a living being. She was to carry the carving on her back as all the children are carried , tucked into the wrapper ,with only the head appearing above the cloth and look after the carving just like any child is been looked after.
 
So Akua did just as she was told but people teased her pointing at her carving. But eventually Akua got pregnant and gave birth to a beautiful healthy girl and her success encouraged others suffering from infertility to follow her path and thus the carvings came to be  known after her name Akua'ba(Akua's child).
 And so the title of the painting is "Akua'ba".