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Akan History, Culture and traditons. Akan Abakɔsɛm, Amammerɛ ne Amanɛe. discord.gg/VBWabhgSPx Nsɔkɔ Joined January 2025-
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In the Akan language, the most common way to refer to kings is by the title "Ohene" (pl. Ahene). This term derives itself from the phrase "Ne ho yɛ hene" lit. "His body is itchy." Why is this so? A thread 🧵
Two wooden figures by Asante woodworker Osei Bonsu
@HxdiHxdi In the Akan cultural context, pectorals like these were made to be worn by the Akrafɔ, who were the physical representation of the soul of the king. They could also be worn by sword bearers and representatives of the king's matriclan.
Abɔdwesɛ betoɔ anin tɔn nwi. - The beard (despite being larger) came to meet the eyebrows. Wisdom is not based on size or strength
Ɔhene, wosene bɔfoɔ? Ahantan! Ɔbɔfoɔ? Ahantan! Fefe, fefe, fefe, ɛhyɛ wo nan, Mpaboa a ɛhyɛ wo nan, ɛyɛɛ den na ɛyɛɛ dɛn? Ɔbɔfoɔ na ɔkum twe: Yɛde ɔtwe-nwoma na ɔyɔeɛ. - Is the chief greater than the hunter? Arrogance! Hunter? Arrogance! That pair of beautiful things on your feet, The sandals that you wear, How did it all happen? It is the hunter that killed the duyker: The sandals are made of the hide of the duyker. - Akan Hunter's poetry
In Akan traditional society, the hunters were also the explorers and surveyors of the land. According to Daaku, the hunters job "was to study the land, and to report whether it would be suitable for farming and yield enough food to feed the population"
In this portrait of an Nzema woman we can see the hairpin in use complimenting an elaborate hairstyle.
Ntirba or Tiduaba are decorative hair pins that were worn by women of the Adehyeɛ (royalty). They were a popular accessory among noblewomen in the 1800s period. Various examples of ntiriba/tiduaba are present in the Asante, Mfanste and Baoulé cultural areas.
Nneεmmaafoɔ se tete asoɔe yεnsoɔ hɔ bio. Na adεn nti na yεntu tete-muka mmiεnsa mu baako na ɔnka mmienu? - The youth say we should not do things in the ways of our ancestors anymore. So why do they not take out one of the three stones used to hold up the cooking pot and just leave two?
Dance of the Baoulé Kple-kple masquerades, Agbanyansu. The Kple-kple masquerade is apart of the larger Goli dance practiced among Baoulé peoples that includes four pairs of masquerade dancers, of which Kple-kple is the first.The Kple-kple pair consist of the Male mask (colored red) and the female mask (colored black).
Kԑtԑboԑ se: “boa me maa memboa wↄ ti a yԑtila agↄnwonle a" - The antelope says: "we move in pairs for the sake of help"
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@AhenkanEnoch No, because this is inaccurate and a-historic to the origin of Kente. Kente was developed in Akan communities with origins going back to the Bono people. Independently of this Eʋe people developed their own weaving tradition, distinct from Akan influence.
Correct, Yam is our equivalent to wheat bread, pasta, rice etc in other cultures. Akans particularly should strive to repopularise their yam festivals, yam fufu, yam etor, Wasa Wasa and even innovate. It’s no coincidence that etor is the food used in feeding ancestors. x.com/merankron/stat…
The Yam Civilisation Yam was domesticated between 10,000 and 7,000 years ago along the Guinea Coast. This has prompted some scholars to talk of a Yam civilisation. (Sources: Haudricourt, 1964; Coursey,1981; Miege, 1954)
Fante legend Kobena Sekyi was the only educated elite in Africa who vowed never to wear European clothing again and became the first lawyer in the Gold coast to appear in court in a traditional African cloth. He never wore European clothing again until he died in 1956.
Akan (Ebrié) head pendants known as "Gobieheme" human form style, worn by Katherine Ake Agouabe in 1972. 3 variations finished differently based on the same model, with the typical triangular pattern of Ebrié goldsmiths Crafted by Akesse Raphaël in anan Kweman, Côte d’Ivoire.
Kyaman (Ebrié) pendant "jewelry" Medium: Copper alloy & Gold alloy C.a: Mid- 20th century Smithsonian museum.
Funtumfunafu ne dɛnkyɛmfunafu, wɔn afuru bo mu nanso woredidi a na wɔreko efiri sɛ aduane dɛ yɛte no wɔ menetwitwie mu. - The twin crocodiles have joined stomachs, yet they fight over food because of the sweetness of the sensation of swallowing it.
Among the Akye, Kyaman, Abouré, Gwa and other nearby peoples, commonly know as "lagoon Akans" there existed a tradition of carving elaborate posts that would stand in the courtyards of houses as a display of wealth and prestige. The posts would often depict the faces of people, animals and stool imagery all supported by anthropomorphic figures at the base. The posts themselves are reflective of an entire visual language. Human faces could represent that the owner has a large following or influence over many, or could be representations of the owner or people in their family. Heads of animals represented abundance. Stool and drum shapes represented prestige. This vertically stacked visual language also extended to other areas of lagoon Akan art, as seen in Items like decorative canes and fly-whisks.
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