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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".
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 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.
Denkyira or Denkyera was a powerful nation of Akan people that existed before the 1620s, in what is now modern-day Ghana. Like all Akans, they originated from Bono state. Before 1620, Denkyira was called Agona. The ruler of the Denkyira was called Denkyirahene and the capital was Jukwaa. The first Denkyirahene was Mumunumfi. [1]
Bono is one of the largest ethnic group of Akan and are matrilineal people. [2] [3] Bono people speak the Bono Twi. The name Twi is a derivative of a Bono King Nana Twi [4] [5] [6] In the late fifteenth century, the Bono people founded the Gyaaman kingdom as extension of Bono state in what is now Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. [7] [8] [9]
People of Akan descent (4 C, 1 P) L. Lists of Akans (1 P) O. Ofori-Atta family (10 P) Pages in category "Akan people" The following 129 pages are in this category ...
The Akyem are an Akan people. The term Akyem (Akem, Akim or Aki) is used to describe a group of four states: Asante Akyem, Akyem Abuakwa, Akyem Kotoku, and Akyem Bosome. These nations are located primarily in the eastern region in south Ghana. The term is also used to describe the general area where the Akyem ethnic group clusters.
Poverty incidence of Aklan 10 20 30 40 50 2006 41.78 2009 44.71 2012 24.97 2015 16.08 2018 12.13 2021 13.90 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority A view of the Grotto in Boracay at dusk. Tourism is the main industry in Boracay. The province of Aklan is designated as a first class province. Agriculture Aklan depends on agriculture, with palay being the top produce in the province. Rice ...