Akan people

The Akan people mostly live in Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in West Africa. They speak the Akan language (also known as Twi/Fante). Subgroups of the Akan people include: the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Ashanti, Bono, Fante, Kwahu, Wassa, and Ahanta. The Akan subgroups all have a lot in common; most notably tracing matrilineal descent in the inheritance of property, and for succession to high political office.

Akan People Media

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  Cast brass weights used to measure precise amounts of gold dust. Weights in this system were developed in the seventeenth century. These weights are from the nineteenth century.

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  17th Century Akan Terracotta – Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  Akan girl dancing cultural Akan Dance

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  Akan metalwork from the Brooklyn Museum, New York City, United States.

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  Mask (Bo Nun Amuin), from the early 20th century.

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  Wooden mask of an elephant.

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  Het masker behoort tot de zogenaamde Bo nun Amuin maskers, letterlijk 'goden in of van het woud' of Amuin yasua, letterlijk 'de goden van de mensen'. Deze beelden angstaanjagende dierenkoppen uit met open kaken en prominente tanden.

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  Empire of Ashanti warrior military golden war combat helmet and personal armour of the Empire of Ashanti – Museum of Natural History.

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  Empire of Ashanti and the Gold Coast map.