Akan people

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ethnic group ethnolinguistic group

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.

Aliases (3)

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 NERFINISHED → Ghana → Ivory Coast NERFINISHED →
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 → 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 →
languageBranch	Kwa languages →
languageFamily	Niger–Congo languages →
music	drumming ensembles → talking drums →
notableSubgroup	Akuapem people → Akyem people → Ashanti people → Brong 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 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Akan people ("Akuapem people") → Akan people ("Akyem people") →	notableSubgroup
Sarkodie →	ethnicGroup
kente cloth →	ethnicGroupOfOrigin
Accra →	ethnicGroupPresent
Gold Coast ("Akan peoples") →	ethnicGroups
Akan ("Akuapem people") →	ethnicLanguageOf
West Africa →	hasEthnicGroup
Ga people ("Akan peoples") →	neighboringEthnicGroups
Akan →	usedBy