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.

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All labels observed (7)

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

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 ⓘ
surface form: Côte d’Ivoire

Ghana ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Ivory Coast
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 ⓘ
Akan states ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Twi language
languageBranch Kwa languages ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
music drumming ensembles ⓘ
talking drums ⓘ
notableSubgroup Akan people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Akuapem people

Akan people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Akyem people

Ashanti people ⓘ
Nzema people ⓘ
surface form: 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 (63)

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

West Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Ga people → neighboringEthnicGroups → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan peoples
Gold Coast → ethnicGroups → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan peoples
Akan → usedBy → Akan people ⓘ
Akan → ethnicLanguageOf → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akuapem people
Sarkodie → ethnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
kente cloth → ethnicGroupOfOrigin → Akan people ⓘ
Accra → ethnicGroupPresent → Akan people ⓘ
Akan people → notableSubgroup → Akan people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akuapem people
Akan people → notableSubgroup → Akan people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akyem people
Volta Region → hasEthnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan peoples
Eastern Region → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Akan language → ethnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Fante people → partOf → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan ethnic groups
Twi → usedByEthnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Kofi → hasCulturalOrigin → Akan people ⓘ
Danish Gold Coast → indigenousPeoples → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan peoples
Ga-Dangme → neighboringEthnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Ama K. Abebrese → ethnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Kwame → isUsedByEthnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Dangme people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Oti Region → hasEthnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan peoples
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo → ethnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Central Region, Ghana → majorEthnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan peoples
Tano Sacred Grove → linkedCommunity → Akan people ⓘ
Akan states → ethnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan peoples
Gold Coast Colony → ethnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan peoples
West Africans → hasSubgroup → Akan people ⓘ
Tony Yeboah → ethnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Central Tano → usedBy → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan peoples
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 people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan peoples
Asantehene → culturalDomain → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan culture
Golden Stool → associatedWith → Akan people ⓘ
Asenie → ethnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Asenie → culturalSphere → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan culture
Aduana → ethnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Ekuona → ethnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Asakyiri → ethnicGroupOfOrigin → Akan people ⓘ
Asona → ethnicGroup → Akan people ⓘ
Asona → culturalContext → Akan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akan society
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 ⓘ