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The Akan people of Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. These "day names" have further meanings concerning the soul and character of the person.
In Ghana, an Outdooring (Ga: kpodziemo; Akan: abadinto, Ewe language “vihehedego”) is the traditional naming ceremony for infants. [1] Traditionally this ceremony occurs eight days after the child is born where parents bring their newborn "outdoors" and give the child a name.
In Ghana, an Outdooring (Ga: kpodziemo; Akan: abadinto) is the traditional naming ceremony for infants. [12] Traditionally this ceremony occurs eight days after the child is born where parents bring their newborn "outdoors" for the first time and give the child a day name. Cultural beliefs dictated that after eight days, the infant was likely ...
The Akan (/ ˈ æ k æ n /) people are a Kwa group living primarily in present-day Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in West Africa.The Akan speak languages within the Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano subfamily of the Niger–Congo family. [2]
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An Akan stool believed to be for a Queen mother, 1940–1965, in the collection of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The title of Queen mother Ohemmaa can relate to the rank of a paramount queen, a queen or a sub-queen. The Akan honorific is the same as for the men, "Nana". When using English, Ghanaians often say "queen mother".
They have an important role in the Akan tradition which is based on matrilineal descent. [2] In areas of Ghana where Akan culture is predominant, each town has a chief and a queen mother who rule alongside the modern political system. [3] The Asantehemaa is linked to the traditional Akan system succession of patrilineal and matrilineal ...
The Guan are believed to have begun to migrate from the Mossi region of modern Burkina Faso around A.D. 1000. Moving gradually through the Volta valley in a southerly direction, they created settlements along the Black Volta, throughout the Afram Plains, in the Volta Gorge, and in the Akuapem Hills before moving farther south onto the coastal plains.