Akan people

Category:Ethnic groups for Ghana insyd
Category:Akan people
Category:West African people
De Akan (/ˈækæn/) be meta-ethnicity wey primarily dem dey for countries like Ghana den Ivory Coast for West Africa insyd. De Akan language (also be known as Twi/Fante) be group of dialects wey dey within de Central Tano bramch of de Potou-Tano subfamily for de Niger-Congo family.Languages of the Akan area: papers in Western Kwa linguistics and on the linguistic geography of the area of ancient. Isaac K. Chinebuah, H. Max J. Trutenau, Linguistic Circle of Accra, Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 1976, pp. 168. De Akan people subgroups dey include: de Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Ashanti, Bono, Fante, Kwahu, Wassa, den Sefwi. Subgroups of de Bia-speaking Akan groups dey include de Anyin, Baoulé, Chakosi (Anufo), Sefwi (Sehwi), Nzema, Ahanta, den Jwira-Pepesa. De Akan subgroups dem all get cultural attributes wey be common; most notably dem dey trace dema matrilineal descent, property inheritance den succession to high political office.Languages of the Akan area: papers in Western Kwa linguistics and on the linguistic geography of the area of ancient. Isaac K. Chinebuah, H. Max J. Trutenau, Linguistic Circle of Accra, Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 1976, pp. 168.

Dem san dey find Akan culture for Americas insyd, wey dem take chaw of dema descendants as captives. Roughly ten percent of all slave ships wey embark from West Africa hin coast dey contain Akan people. Although na gold be de primary source of wealth for dema economy insyd, de capture den sale of Akan people be peak during de Fante den Ashanti conflicts, wey result in de number of military captives wey be known as "Coromantee", wey dem dey sell dem for slavery insyd. Dem know Coromantee soldiers den oda Akan captives sake of various slave revolts den plantation resistance tactics. Dema legacy be evident for groups such as de Maroons of de Caribbean den South America.The Techiman-Bono of Ghana: an ethnography of an Akan society Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1975

 Akan philosophy dema concepts den inheritance 
These be de basic Akan philosophy dema concepts den inheritance:

Abusua  – What an Akan dey inherit from hin mummy 
Ntoro – What an Akan dey get from hin poppy, but one no dey belong to a Ntoro; instead one dey belong to one's Abusua 
Sunsum – What an Akan dey develop from interaction plus de world
Kra – What an Akan dey get from Nyame (God)L'homme, Volume 7 École pratique des Hautes études (France). Section des sciences économiques et Sociales École pratique des Hautes études, Section des sciences économiques et Sociales, 1967
Notable individuals of Akan origin

 Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972) – he wey start de pan-African movement, wey liberate be states from European colonialism
 Kofi Annan (1938–2018) – de first black man wey head de United Nations organization. Dem award am de Nobel Prize
 Arthur Wharton (1865–1930) – de first black professional footballer for de world insydJ. A. Mangan, The Cultural bond: sport, empire, society
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Category:Ghana
Category:Ivory Coast
Category:African ethnic groups