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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".
This is a list of rulers of the Akan state of Akyem Abuakwa. Their title was Okyenhene. # Paramount Chief(Akyem Abuakwa hene) Picture Start End Comments
The Akan people are a Kwa group living primarily in present-day Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in western Africa. They have as many as more than twenty clans groups within the community. They have as many as more than twenty clans groups within the community.
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.
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".
Derived from the proto-Celtic *towissākos "chieftain, leader". Rí ruirech, "king of over-kings", or rí cóicid, a provincial King in Ireland. Corono, leader of a large tribe in Celtic Gallaecia. In later Latin inscriptions, they would sometimes be referred to as Princeps. [31] Fon, the regional and tribal leaders in Cameroon. Odikro, an Akan ...
Tenure Incumbent Notes ante 1730: Foundation of Akuapem state: Akuapemhene (Rulers) : Asona dynasty???? to ???? Safori, Akuapemhene (Nana Ofori Dua)???? to ???? Nana ...
Tenure Incumbent Notes Akwamuhenes (rulers) : Twifo-Heman: c.1480 to c.1500 Agyen Kokobo, Akwamuhene: Founder of Twifo-Heman: c.1500 to c.1520 Ofusu Kwabi, Akwamuhene: c.1520 to c.1540