Akan religion comprises the traditional beliefs and religious practices of the Akan people of Ghana and eastern Ivory Coast. Akan religion is referred...
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Hokkaidō, Japan Akan, Wisconsin, a town in the United States Akan religion, traditional beliefs and religious practices of the Akan people Akan (surname),...
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The Akan (/ˈækæn/) 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 dialects...
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evident by the many specifically Akan aspects found in the religion. Very little was written about the original religion of the Jamaican Maroons because...
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(Coptic Egyptians) Abwoi religion (Inhabitants of central Nigerian plateau) Akan religion (Akans of the Gold Coast) Bori religion (Hausa people of Northern...
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Psychopomp (section Ancient religion)
into the after-life. In Akan religion, Amokye is the woman who fishes souls out of the river and welcomes them to Asamando, the Akan realm of the dead. A...
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traditional religion encompasses the traditional religious beliefs of people in Africa. In West Africa, these religions include the Akan religion, Dahomey...
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Asante people (section Religion)
of the Akan ethnic group and are native to the Ashanti Region of modern-day Ghana. Asantes are the last group to emerge out of the various Akan civilisations...
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Asase Ya/Afua (category Akan religion)
Asase Ya/Afua (or Asase Yaa, Asaase Yaa, Asaase Afua, Asaase Efua) is the Akan goddess of fertility, love, procreation, peace, truth and the dry and lush...
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Okomfo Anokye (category Akan religion)
was definitely Kumasehene by 1695) to the leadership of the small group of Akan forest states around the city of Kumasi, which were already grouped in a...
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Indigenous religion in Zimbabwe Abwoi religion (Nigeria) Akan religion (Gana/Ghana, Ivory Coast) Dahomean religion (Benin, Togo) Efik religion (Nigeria...
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"religion", preferring other cultural terms. ǃKung religion Abwoi religion Acholi religion Afizere traditional religion Akan religion Asante religion Azande...
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List of nature deities (section Akan mythology)
the Dead in the Akan religion Asase Afua, the goddess of the lush earth, fertility, love, procreation and farming in the Akan religion Bia, personification...
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Kwame (category Akan given names)
deities. Traditional Akan religion states that God created himself on Saturday and is therefore also named "Kwame". In the Akan culture, day names are...
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Nyankapon-Nyame-Odomankoma (category Akan)
Onyame, Nyankopon (Onyankapon) or Odomankoma is the supreme god of the Akan people of Ghana, who is most commonly known as Anyame. The name means "The...
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Nyambe (category Akan religion)
retreated to a mountaintop and never interacted directly with man again. The Akan, Fante and Asante people of Ghana and Burkina Faso believe Nyame (also Oyame)...
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List of death deities (section Akan)
influence of other religions. Ala (Igbo mythology) Ogbunabali (Igbo mythology) Eshu (Yoruba religion) Iku (god) (Yoruba religion) Owuo, Akan God of Death and...
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West Africa (redirect from Religion in West Africa)
African religions (noting the many different belief systems) are the oldest belief systems among the populations of this region, and include Akan religion, Yoruba...
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Traditional religions such as the Akan Traditional Religion and Dagbon Traditional Religion are the indigenous religions of Ghana. Islam was the first...
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Owuo (category Akan religion)
Owuo is the abosom of Death in the Asante and Akan mythology of West Ghana and the Ewe, specifically the Krachi tribe of East Ghana and Togo. He is represented...
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The Akan people of Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Togo frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were...
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Tano (Ta Kora) (category Akan religion)
Akora, and is known as Tando to the Fante is the Abosom of war and strife in Akan mythology and Abosom of Thunder and Lightning in the Asante mythology of...
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Momome (category Akan religion)
Momome is a female cleansing ritual among some Akan groups in the present day Ghana and Ivory Coast. The ritual is aimed at cleansing the community from...
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Groß Friedrichsburg Common languages German, Akan Religion Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Akan religion Elector of Brandenburg, later King of Prussia...
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Fante people (category Akan)
The Mfantsefo or Fante ("Fanti" is an older spelling) are an Akan people. The Fante people are mainly located in the Central and Western regions of Ghana...
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West African Vodun (category Religion in Benin)
Fetish Market for Voodoo rituals African-American religion Akan religion Candomble jeje Dahomean religion Haitian mythology Haitian Vodou art Hoodoo Juju...
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Kra (mythology) (category Akan religion)
In Akan spirituality, the kra is the soul of a person. It is of divine origin; that is to say, one gets their "Kra" from God (Nyame/Niamien). An Akan conforms...
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The Akwamu people are an Akan ethnic group in Ghana. They are native around the border between the Eastern and Volta Regions. The Akwamu founded an empire...
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elements of the religion to form Haitian Vodou and other African diasporic religions. West African Vodun Traditional African religion portal Akyeampong...
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(Asante Twi: Asanteman), today commonly called the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana. It...
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