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Akan art is known for vibrant artistic traditions, including textiles, sculpture, Akan goldweights, as well as gold and silver jewelry. The Akan people are known for their strong connection between visual and verbal expressions and a distinctive blending of art and philosophy. [ 1 ]
Central to Akan culture is the concern for equality and justice; it is rich in oral histories on this subject. Many weights symbolize significant and well-known stories. The weights were part of the Akan's cultural reinforcement, expressing personal behaviour codes, beliefs, and values in a medium that was assembled by many people. [7]
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The Akan waged war on neighboring states in their geographic area to capture people and sell them as slaves to Europeans (Portuguese) who subsequently sold the enslaved people along with guns to the Akan in exchange for Akan gold. Akan gold was also used to purchase enslaved people from further up north via the Trans-Saharan route.
The Fante people are of heterogeneous ancestry. That is, Guan and Akan. Therefore, with the modern Fante Confederacy, it will be totally wrong to identity Fante as an Akan group or a Guan group only. [citation needed] However, the Fante are one of the largest groups in Ghana. The Fante have a great deal of history.
Gyaman (also spelled Jamang and Gyaaman) was a medieval Akan state, located in what is now the Bono region of Ghana and Ivory Coast.According to oral tradition, Gyaman was founded by the Bono, Aduana clan, a branch of the Akan, in the late 17th century.
In the religious traditions of the Akan people and the Nice people of Ghana, Amokye is the woman who guards the entrance to the other world, [1] which is called Asamando [2] (the Land of the Dead). [3] She is the woman who welcomes the souls of dead individuals to the otherworld. [2]
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