Akan religion

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Akan culture ethnic religion indigenous African religion traditional religion

Akan religion is the indigenous spiritual belief system of the Akan people of Ghana and Ivory Coast, centered on a supreme creator, ancestral veneration, and a rich pantheon of deities associated with natural and social forces.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Akan traditional religion	12
Akan cosmology	2
Akan spirituality	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Akan culture ⓘ ethnic religion ⓘ indigenous African religion ⓘ traditional religion ⓘ
associatedWithFestival	Adae Kese NERFINISHED ⓘ Akwasidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Odwira NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralPractice	ancestor veneration ⓘ communal worship ⓘ ritual purification ⓘ
earthDeity	Asase Yaa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAfterlifeBelief	ancestors dwell in spiritual realm ⓘ continued existence of the soul ⓘ possibility of reincarnation within the lineage ⓘ
hasConcept	Honam NERFINISHED ⓘ Kra NERFINISHED ⓘ Nkrabea NERFINISHED ⓘ Okra NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunsum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoreBelief	ancestral veneration ⓘ belief in a supreme creator deity ⓘ moral order enforced by spiritual beings ⓘ reverence for nature spirits ⓘ
hasDeity	Abosom NERFINISHED ⓘ Asase Yaa NERFINISHED ⓘ Bia NERFINISHED ⓘ Bosomtwe NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyame NERFINISHED ⓘ Odomankoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Onyankopon NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasabonsam NERFINISHED ⓘ Tano NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMoralCode	communal responsibility ⓘ respect for elders ⓘ taboos related to sacred days ⓘ truthfulness ⓘ
hasRitual	divination ⓘ festival observances ⓘ libation pouring ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ spirit possession ceremonies ⓘ
hasRitualSpecialist	akomfo ⓘ traditional priest ⓘ
hasSacredObject	amulets ⓘ blackened stool NERFINISHED ⓘ stool ⓘ
hasSacredPlace	family shrines ⓘ mountains ⓘ rivers ⓘ sacred groves ⓘ
influencedBy	Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences	Akan art and symbolism ⓘ Akan chieftaincy rituals ⓘ Akan customary law NERFINISHED ⓘ Akan naming practices ⓘ
languageOfPractice	Fante NERFINISHED ⓘ Twi NERFINISHED ⓘ
practicedBy	Akan people NERFINISHED ⓘ
practicedIn	Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivory Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
supremeDeity	Nyame NERFINISHED ⓘ Onyankopon NERFINISHED ⓘ
teaches	Nyame is remote and approached through lesser deities NERFINISHED ⓘ ancestors act as intermediaries between humans and deities ⓘ every person has a soul from Nyame ⓘ moral behavior affects one’s destiny ⓘ
viewsNyameAs	creator of the universe ⓘ source of all life ⓘ
worldview	close relationship between visible and invisible worlds ⓘ universe populated by spiritual beings ⓘ

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

Adinkra symbols → associatedWith → Akan religion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Akan cosmology

Omanhene → associatedWithReligion → Akan religion ⓘ