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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".
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 ''.
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
This is a list of rulers of the Akan state of Akyem Abuakwa. Their title was Okyenhene. # ... 2 Apeanin Kwaframoa Woyiawonyi c. 1520 [1] c. 1540 [1] - 3 Damram
The Akan speak languages within the Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano subfamily of the Niger–Congo family. [2] Subgroups of the Akan people include: the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi, Ashanti, Baoulé, Bono, Chakosi, Fante, Kwahu, Sefwi, Wassa, Ahanta, Denkyira and Nzema, among others. The Akan subgroups all have cultural ...
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.
Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . Find sources: "List of rulers of the Akan state of Gyaman" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( January 2016 )
Akyem Bosome describes a traditional geo political entity. A state with a non contiguous land mass that exists today in the Eastern and Ashanti region of Ghana.. The capital of the present date nation state of Akyem Bosome is Akyem Swedru.
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