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The Akan (/ ˈ æ k æ n /) people are a Kwa group living primarily in present-day Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in West Africa.The Akan speak languages within the Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano subfamily of the Niger–Congo family. [2]
An Akan stool believed to be for a Queen mother, 1940–1965, in the collection of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The title of Queen mother Ohemmaa can relate to the rank of a paramount queen, a queen or a sub-queen. The Akan honorific is the same as for the men, "Nana". When using English, Ghanaians often say "queen mother".
The Akan are noted for their expertise in several forms of craftwork, particularly their weaving, wood carving, ceramics, fertility dolls, metallurgy, and kente cloth). Traditional kente cloth is woven outdoors, exclusively by men, in complex patterns of bright, narrow strips. The manufacturing of many Akan crafts is restricted to male specialists.
Akan religion comprises the traditional beliefs and religious practices of the Akan people of Ghana and eastern Ivory Coast. Akan religion is referred to as Akom . Although most Akan people have identified as Christians since the early 20th century, Akan religion remains practiced by some and is often syncretized with Christianity.
The Akans of Ghana use an Adinkra symbol to express proverbs and other philosophical ideas or traditional wisdom, aspects of life or the environment. Some of the familiar proverbs are: Awaree nye nsafufuo na waka ahwe, which means marriage is not palm-wine that you can decide to have a taste before you get served. It can also be interpreted to ...
They have an important role in the Akan tradition which is based on matrilineal descent. [2] In areas of Ghana where Akan culture is predominant, each town has a chief and a queen mother who rule alongside the modern political system. [3] The Asantehemaa is linked to the traditional Akan system succession of patrilineal and matrilineal ...
Akyemmansa is the three traditional areas of Akyem in the Eastern region of Ghana. Historically, it has been attested via oral history that the Akyem people were one of the Akan people to migrate south from the Sahel to the area that became Bono state. This area is the origin of modern Akan people.
The Asante, also known as Ashanti in English (/ ə ˈ ʃ ɑː n t iː / ⓘ), are part of the Akan ethnic group and are native to the Ashanti Region of modern-day Ghana.Asantes are the last group to emerge out of the various Akan civilisations.