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The Akan or Twi speaking people have a history built on their proverbs. Crossed crocodiles -shared stomach. It is one of the adinka symbols showing their symbol for shared food in the community. This is part of the Asante community as they are also Twi and Akan people. (maybe I have expressed this wrongly and it will come back to bite me on the bum as Aussies say) but the adinka symbols dictated their cultural rules. Very similar to the Christian proverbs the missionaries found it very easy to move into their territory..
If you see this symbol in Mali it is borrowed from their neighbours. Westerners call this breach of copyright but tell me of any community that has not used good ideas from their neighbours.
Have you heard of the sacred crocodiles in Paga, Northern Ghana. It is an amazing place.