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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 waged war on neighboring states in their geographic area to capture people and sell them as slaves to Europeans (Portuguese) who subsequently sold the enslaved people along with guns to the Akan in exchange for Akan gold. Akan gold was also used to purchase enslaved people from further up north via the Trans-Saharan route.
Paramount Chief(Akyem Abuakwa hene) Picture Start End Comments c. 1500 – Foundation of Akyem Abuakwa state (also called Okyeman): First Dynasty (c. 1500 – 1733) [1]: 1 ...
In the Akan tradition and Akan chieftaincy, the child of a king or chief does not ascend the throne when his or her father dies due to their Matrilineal inheritance and succession. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] However the children are given the title Oheneba which means the ''chief's child'' or the ''king's child ''.
The list of Akan people includes notable individuals of Akan meta-ethnicity and ancestry; the Akan people who are also referred to as (Akan: Akanfo) are a meta-ethnicity and Potou–Tano Kwa ethno-linguistic group that are indigenously located on the Ashantiland peninsula near the equator precisely at the "centre of the Earth".
Tenure Incumbent Notes ante1700: Foundation of the Assin Apimenem state: Omanhene (rulers) : ante/c.1805 to post/c.1805 Amo Adae, Omanhene: post/c.1805 to ante/c.1960 Information not presently available
A tribal chief, chieftain, or headman is a leader of a tribal society or of a chiefdom. A portrait, ... Omanhene (amongst the Akan peoples of Ghana) [4] Orkoiyot ...
The Guan are believed to have begun to migrate from the Mossi region of modern Burkina Faso around A.D. 1000. Moving gradually through the Volta valley in a southerly direction, they created settlements along the Black Volta, throughout the Afram Plains, in the Volta Gorge, and in the Akuapem Hills before moving farther south onto the coastal plains.