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Akan (əkän`, äk`ən), people of W Africa, primarily in Ghana, where they number over 7.5 million, Côte d'Ivoire, and Togo. They speak languages of the Twi branch of the Kwa subfamily. Although patrilineal descent is recognized, matrilineal descent is more important; social organization is built around the clan. The Ashanti Ashanti (äshän`tē) or Asante ..... Click the link for more information. and the Fanti Fanti (făn`tē, fän`–), black African ethnic group, S Ghana, living around Cape Coast and Elmina, one of the Akan peoples. ..... Click the link for more information. , both of Akan stock, developed powerful confederacies and kingdoms in the 17th and 18th cent. AkanCluster of peoples inhabiting southern Ghana, eastern Côte d'Ivoire, and parts of Togo. Their languages are of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo languages. In the 14th–18th centuries several Akan states, notably the Fante confederacy and the Asante empire, formed in regions where gold was produced and traded. Many of the Akan, who number some 16 million, work in urban districts. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The truck driver fled the location on foot, said LAPD Valley
Traffic Officer James Akana. Castle may also be affected by a lack of children in summer camps,
because camps supply much of its summertime business, Akana said. We
were shown around by hotel manager Mei Li Akana, who said her mother was
the housekeeper of the inn when the plantation bosses lived here. |
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