Akan people

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The Akan people are a major ethnolinguistic group of West Africa, primarily in present-day Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, known for their rich cultural traditions, matrilineal social structure, and influential historical kingdoms such as the Ashanti.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Akan people canonical 46
Akan peoples 10
Akan culture 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
ethnolinguistic group
artForm adinkra cloth printing
goldweight casting
kente weaving
capitalCityAssociated Kumasi
clanName Aduana
Agona
Asakyiri
Asenie
Asona
Bretuo
Ekuona
Oyoko
continent Africa
country Côte d’Ivoire
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana
Ivory Coast
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire
culturalInfluence influenced Ghanaian national culture
culturalPractice ancestor veneration
festival celebrations
naming ceremony
stool veneration
dance Adowa
Kete
deity Asase Yaa
Nyame
Onyankopon
economicActivity agriculture
craft production
gold trading
festival Adae Kese
Akwasidae
Odwira
historicalKingdom Akwamu
Akyem states
linked to: Akan states

Ashanti Empire
Denkyira
Fante Confederacy
Wassa
historicalRole involved in Atlantic slave trade networks
major participants in precolonial gold trade
kinshipSystem matrilineal clan system
language Akan language
Fante language
Twi language
linked to: Twi
languageBranch Kwa languages
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
music drumming ensembles
talking drums
notableSubgroup Akuapem people
linked to: Akan people

Akyem people
linked to: Akan people

Ashanti people
Brong people
linked to: Nzema people

Fante people
Nzema people
politicalOrganization chiefdoms
kingdoms
populationCenter southeastern Côte d’Ivoire
southern Ghana
region West Africa
religion Akan traditional religion
Christianity
Islam
socialStructure matrilineal descent
symbolSystem Adinkra symbols
traditionalSuccession matrilineal inheritance of stools
traditionalTitle Omanhene
Queen mother
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Africa hasEthnicGroup Akan people
Ga people neighboringEthnicGroups Akan peoples
linked to: Akan people
Gold Coast ethnicGroups Akan peoples
linked to: Akan people
Akan usedBy Akan people
Akan ethnicLanguageOf Akuapem people
linked to: Akan people
Sarkodie ethnicGroup Akan people
kente cloth ethnicGroupOfOrigin Akan people
Accra ethnicGroupPresent Akan people
Akan people notableSubgroup Akuapem people
linked to: Akan people
Akan people notableSubgroup Akyem people
linked to: Akan people
Volta Region hasEthnicGroup Akan peoples
linked to: Akan people
Eastern Region hasMajorEthnicGroup Akan people
Akan language ethnicGroup Akan people
Fante people partOf Akan ethnic groups
linked to: Akan people
Twi usedByEthnicGroup Akan people
Kofi hasCulturalOrigin Akan people
Danish Gold Coast indigenousPeoples Akan peoples
linked to: Akan people
Ga-Dangme neighboringEthnicGroup Akan people
Ama K. Abebrese ethnicGroup Akan people
Kwame isUsedByEthnicGroup Akan people
Oti Region hasEthnicGroup Akan peoples
linked to: Akan people
Central Region, Ghana majorEthnicGroup Akan peoples
linked to: Akan people
Tano Sacred Grove linkedCommunity Akan people
Akan states ethnicGroup Akan peoples
linked to: Akan people
Gold Coast Colony ethnicGroup Akan peoples
linked to: Akan people
West Africans hasSubgroup Akan people
Tony Yeboah ethnicGroup Akan people
Central Tano usedBy Akan peoples
linked to: Akan people
Asante Twi ethnicGroup Akan people
Michael Owusu Addo ethnicGroup Akan people
Akuapem Twi spokenBy Akan people
Castro ethnicGroup Akan people
Western Region, Gold Coast ethnicGroups Akan peoples
linked to: Akan people
Asantehene culturalDomain Akan culture
linked to: Akan people
Golden Stool associatedWith Akan people
Asenie ethnicGroup Akan people
Asenie culturalSphere Akan culture
linked to: Akan people
Aduana ethnicGroup Akan people
Ekuona ethnicGroup Akan people
Asakyiri ethnicGroupOfOrigin Akan people
Asona ethnicGroup Akan people
Asona culturalContext Akan society
linked to: Akan people
Nyame culture Akan people
Nyame worshippedBy Akan people
Onyankopon culture Akan people
Onyankopon worshippedBy Akan people
Asase Yaa culture Akan people
Akwasidae observedBy Akan people