Warfare is not something that takes place only in the battlefield. For the asafo companies of western Ghana, competition among groups took as much an aesthetic as a military form. These military companies use flags to represent, in vivid and graphic ways, the values and ethos of the group.

The men in this flag are setting up a large trap ‒ suggesting the cunningness of the company, who will not let the enemies or predators move freely in their territory.