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In many parts of West Africa, there is an old chieftaincy tradition, and the Akan people have developed their own hierarchy, which exists alongside the democratic structure of the country. The Akan word for the ruler or one of his various courtiers is "Nana" (English pronunciation / ˈ n æ n ə /). In colonial times, Europeans translated it as ...
An Akan stool believed to be for a Queen mother, 1940–1965, in the collection of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The Golden Stool is a curved seat 46 cm high with a platform 61 cm wide and 30 cm deep. [12] Its entire surface is inlaid with gold, and hung with bells to warn the king of impending danger. [13] [self-published source?
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 ]
In Akan, the stool of a leader is so integrally connected to his personality that the expression "a stool has fallen" defines his death. [6] The Golden Stool of the Ashantis is a traditional stool called Sika Dwa which is believed to have a metaphysical origin.
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.
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".
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 ...
Gyaman (also spelled Jamang, Gyaaman) was a medieval Akan people state, located within both Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. [1] Tenure Incumbent Notes c. 1450: