1. Yoruba And Akan Art In Wood And Metal: The Doorway View an online catalog of an exhibit held at the Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria, Illinois. Includes essays and photographs. http://www.fa.indiana.edu/~conner/africart/home.html

W elcome to C utting to the E ssence S haping for the F ire , an experimental on-line catalog of an exhibit first presented at the Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria, Illinois in 1994. We present the catalog in three sections: The Doorway, which begins on this page and includes an Introductory Essay , and other background on the exhibit; Cutting to the Essence , an illustrated essay-exhibit by Michael Conner on Yoruba art in wood and metal; and Shaping for the Fire , a similar exploration of Akan goldweights by Martha Ehrlich At the bottom of each page you will find navigational buttons and text to help you investigate and move between the three parts of the site. Cutting to the Essence and Shaping for the Fire are each a series of several pages which you can move through simply by clicking the MORE button at the bottom of each page of the Yoruba or Akan sections. The Doorway section, however, is the section in which we not only introduce the exhibit and ourselves, but also give you easy access to the scaffolding beneath the exhibit-essays, and is thus not sequential. So at the bottom of pages in that section, in addition to the buttons that will enable you to move to the Yoruba or Akan material, you will see the entire contents of Doorway section, just as you see below in the Peer Beyond the Doorway list. Finally, with few exceptions (notably in the

2. AKAN Hjem Side Nytt fra akan. akan fyller 40 år! Les mer om kursene og om påmelding her.akanprisen 2003 Vil din bedrift få akan-prisen i jubileumsåret? http://www.akan.no/

Nytt fra AKAN Mer om AKAN... AKAN i bedriften Individuelt ... Nyttige lenker Nytt fra AKAN Les mer om jubileet her Reviderte rundskriv om kvalitetskrav ved rusmiddeltesting les mer T-skjorter med jubileumslogo les mer jubileumskonkurranse! les mer OBS: Nye kurs fra AKAN Kurs: Medikamentavhengighet 12.03.03 Oslo, Norlandia Karl Johan Hotell 27.05.03 Bergen, Clarion Hotell Admiral Nye rusmidler i arbeidslivet 03.04.03 Oslo, Norlandia Karl Johan Hotell 29.04.03 Trondheim, Teknobyen Innovasjonssenter 14.05.03 Molde, Rica Seilet Hotel her AKAN-prisen 2003 AKAN-prisen 2003 Les mer Postboks 8822 Youngstorget 0028 Oslo Tlf: 22 41 57 00 Fax: 22 41 57 04 e-post: akan@akan.no einar.nilsen@akan.no Redigert 29.01.03.

3. Akan Goldweights Describes the history and mining techniques of these West African peoples. Describes the Asante Kingdom before British colonization. http://www.fa.indiana.edu/~conner/akan/shape.html

S haping for the F ire A kan and A sante ... esigns , and S ymbolism A kan ... roverbs Akan goldweights are always popular in both museum and private collections. Their animation, humor, and freedom of expression coupled with endless variety and detail excite curiosity about their origins and meaning. Such inquiry is rewarding, because goldweight forms often reflect Akan history and life, from religion and politics to social behavior and responsibilities of the individual. Goldweight symbolism can also be linked to Akan proverbs, providing another major path into Akan thought, which is often remarkably similar to our own. A kan and A sante H istory and the G old T rade Akan is the name of a language spoken in many dialects by related groups of people living in the south-central forest zone and coastal areas of Ghana and in southeastern Ivory Coast. The Asante and Fante are probably the best known Akan groups of Ghana, and the Ivory Coast Akan groups include the Baule and Agni peoples. Stimulated by trade, Akan leaders founded the Asante state in what is now Ghana around 1700 as a confederacy of five smaller states. By 1750, the Asante confederacy had developed into an aggressive trading state centered on the inland city of Kumasi. A genuine empire by 1800, Asante incorporated many non-Akan peoples and was ruled by a divine king and his wealthy court, who made lavish use of gold and gold-plated regalia and were supported by a standing army, royal spies, and diplomats, all nourished by military conquest and control of the lucrative gold and slave-trading routes to the north and south. Like other powerful West African states of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Asante eventually threatened European gold and slave-trading facilities at the coast. A series of conflicts between the British, who had replaced other Europeans at the coast, and the Asante led to the eventual defeat of the Asante in 1900 and its annexation as part of Britain's Gold Coast colony. Renamed Ghana, the Gold Coast colony became the first independent post-colonial African state in 1957.

4. Akan People linguistics, Linguistik, Sprachwissenschaft, language, akan, Twi, Language Learning, African Studies, Afrikanistik, Zurich, Zürich, Zuerich, Schweiz, Switzerland, Suisse Ali akan. "African languages through internet" http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Akan.html

Akan Information Location: Ghana , southeastern Population: 4 million Language: Akan cluster of Twi languages Neighboring Peoples: Dagomba, Senufo , Malinke, Guro, Ewe, Yaure Types of Art: n/a History: Economy: n/a Political Systems: n/a Religion: n/a revised 3 November 1998

5. Akan akan language related products and information at WorldLanguage.com akan, often called Twi, is one of the Kwa group of NigerCongo Languages. http://www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/Akan.htm

view this site in Home Help Contact Us Privacy ... Checkout Dictionary ESL-English as Second Language Games Handheld Dictionary Keyboards Kids Movies/Videos Spell Checking Translation Tutorial - Learning More... Akan Language Products Introduction Send this page to a friend! Products Fonts Reference System Introduction Akan, often called Twi, is one of the Kwa group of Niger-Congo Languages. It was the ruling language of Ashanti empire and is now the most important language of Ghana.Even among, some who use other languages in daily life, Akan is the language of the priesthoodand of liturgical texts in the Ashanti religion, still widely practised. There are three standard forms of Akan , all mutually intelligible: Twi or Asante (of the region of Kumasi, centre of the Ashanti empire), Fante and Akuapem (of southern Ghana). Akan has two tones - high and low. It also has a 'vowel harmony' rule based on the position of the root of the tongue: a word may contain either advanced or unadvanced' vowels but not both. In Fante dialect, vowel harmony is more complex. The Languages of the World , Published by Routledge.

6. Akan Cosmology This site describes akan cosmology and illustrates it through traditional akan religious symbols, Category Society Religion and Spirituality African Traditional......akan COSMOLOGY. akan CULTURAL SYMBOLS PROJECT. SAMPLES OF SYMBOLS THAT ENCODEASPECTS OF akan COSMOLOGY. GYE NYAME EXCEPT GOD. GYE NYAME - EXCEPT GOD. http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/akancosmology.html

AKAN COSMOLOGY AKAN CULTURAL SYMBOLS PROJECT G. F. Kojo Arthur and Robert Rowe - 1998-2001 Hye anhye - Unburnable The Akan believe that the universe was created by a Supreme Being, whom they refer to variously as O b o ade e (Creator), Nyame (God), O domankoma (Infinite, Inventor), Ananse Kokuroko (The Great Spider; The Great Designer), etc. The Akan religious thought is essentially theocentric and theistic, with the Supreme Being, God at the center of it all. From this perspective, the Akan use their cultural symbols to portray their beliefs about God, their attitudes towards God and His creation, and the Akan's relation to God and His Creation. The Akan also believe that human creativity affects the universe positively or negatively. In essence, the Akan believe the universe is both a natural and social creation. Social creation is in the form of institutions and products human beings have invented. The Akan is required to safeguard the environment of the universe for a continuum of society members consisting of the dead, the living, and the yet-to-be-born. The Akan claim the Supreme Being created life and death, and death overcame the Supreme Being. However, the Supreme Being, having the antidote to the venom of death, was able to overcome death. This Supreme Being, Nyame, has eternal life.

7. Ghanaian Akan Names Ghanaian akan Names. akan is a language mostly spoken in southern Ghana. http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/carroll/17/akan_names.htm

web hosting domain names email addresses related sites Ghanaian Akan Names Akan is a language mostly spoken in southern Ghana. In Akan one of the names a person is given depends on his or her day of the week of birth, and the person's gender . Consequently there are only fourteen of these Akan names. You can use the following calculator to figure out the day of the week on which you were born. After you figure out your weekday of the birth you can use the following table to hear them spoken. The Fetu Afehya Festival in Cape Coast, Ghana, 1991. When were you born? Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Day Day of the Week Male Female Sunday Kwesi Esi Monday Kwodwo Adwoa Tuesday Kobena Abena Wednesday Kweku Ekua Thursday Yaw Yaa Friday Kofi Efua Saturday Kwame Ama Special thanks goes to Jon Cardozo and Kweku Osam and the Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon for the Akan name sounds. Back to the Navrongo and Lawra HomePage Last updated on February 16, 1999. web hosting domain names Powered by Ampira

8. Akan Language Bibliography Page - Handbook Of African Language Resources (ASC)(M Overview to the basic books on the akan language and linguistics.Category Science Social Sciences NigerKordofanian akan...... This page has information and facts on the akan language, such as where it is spoken,by whom, and much more. Bookmark this site. An Introduction to akan. http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/Handbook/Akan-bib.htm

A. Learning Materials Bellon, Immanuel. 1972. Twi Lessons for Beginners, Including a Grammatical Guide and Numerous Idioms and Phrases, rev. ed. Accra and London: Presbyterian Book Depot, and Longmans, Green and Co. Pp. xv, 76. (Reprint of 1963 ed., first published in 1911) Berry, Jack, and Agnes Akosua Aidoo. 1975. An Introduction to Akan. Evanston, IL.: Northwestern University. Pp. 336. Bureau of Ghana Languages. 1975. Language Guide (Akuapem Twi), 5th ed. Pp. 47. Bureau of Ghana Languages. 1975. Language Guide (Asante Twi), 5th ed. Pp. 50. Bureau of Ghana Languages. 1977. Language Guide (Fante), 5th ed. Pp. 52. Denteh, A. Crakye. 1974. Spoken Twi (Asante) for Non-Twi Beginners. Accra-North: Pointer Limited. Pp. 68. (First published in 1971.) Keelson, K.K., and A. Crakye Denteh. 1974. Spoken Fante for Non-Fante Beginners. Accra-North: Pointer Limited. Pp. 79.

9. Valkommen En privat, obunden folkhögskola i centrum av Borgå.Category World Svenska Utbildning Folkhögskolor Finland......Portal till Svenska folkakademins hemsidor http://www.akan.fi/

10. Untitled Document Two downloadable sample lessons from the ALI akan CD-ROM.Category Science Social Sciences Niger-Kordofanian akan......Ali akan 2000 Sample Units. Remarks The full course will be distributedon CDROM to avoid the long download time. The sound files http://www.unizh.ch/spw/afrling/aliakan/toc.html

Ali Akan 2000 - Sample Units Remarks: The full course will be distributed on CDROM to avoid the long download time. The sound files here on the web site and on the CDROM are in "WAV" format. This allows to use sound analysis programs, but it means long download time from the web site. To view the course you need the "WestAfrica7" font installed on your computer. Download the Windows font file, unpack it by double-clicking on it and put the 8 font files in the "C:/Windows/Fonts" directory (Windows 95/98/NT). To get the Macintosh version of the fonts please send an email to Hannes Hirzel@compuserve.com The sound files links of unit 1 and 2 are working now. However there are some links pointing to sounds of unit 3 whose files have not yet been put on the web. Unit 1 of the course Unit 2 of the course

11. ˆ¢Š¦’¬‚̃z[ƒ€ƒy[ƒWƒw‚悤‚±‚»! The summary for this Japanese page contains characters that cannot be correctly displayed in this language/character set. http://www.town.akan.hokkaido.jp/

12. Ethnologue Report For Akan Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Nyo, Potou-Tano, Tano, Central, akan. From the Ethnologue Category Science Social Sciences Niger-Kordofanian akan......Language Family Trees. NigerCongo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa,Nyo, Potou-Tano, Tano, Central, akan. Niger-Congo (1489) Atlantic http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=50

13. Language, Culture And Development The reedition of Christaller's famous dictionary, called Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi . A project currently in progress at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Ghana at Legon. http://www.unizh.ch/spw/afrling/akandic/adetails.htm

Language, culture and development Akan encyclopedic dictionary I. PARTNERSHIPS Coordinating partner institutes Department of Linguistics, University of Ghana at Legon. Nature of cooperation Scientific cooperation under the premises of the Agreement of Cooperation signed in autumn 1996 between the universities Exchanges of persons, data and know-how Consultancy in computer hardware, software, and data management Funding/Cooperating agencies in Switzerland Government of the Canton of Baselstadt (Funds for Development Aid), Switzerland Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Berne Annual grant June 1997-May 1998 Request for renewal for 1998-9 to be submitted Doctoral field research on "Lexical innovation in Akan" (E. Eichholzer) funded by SDC Cooperating agencies in Ghana: The Bureau of Ghana Languages, Accra (Governmental institution for the development and cultural advancement through publication in Ghanaian languages) Cooperating agencies and individuals elsewhere University of Pennsylvania, African Studies Department, Linguistics Data Consortium (LDC, Director: Dr. Mark Liberman) Scanning. Long-term cooperation under negotiation

14. Om AKAN Om akan. Alle bedrifter som ønsker hjelp kan ta kontakt med akansekretariatet.akan forholder seg til rusmiddelbruk forbundet med arbeid. http://www.akan.no/org/om_akan.html

Om AKAN Nytt fra AKAN Mer om AKAN... AKAN i bedriften Individuelt ... Nyttige lenker AKAN-sekretariatet tilbyr: kurs og konferanser AKAN forholder seg til rusmiddelbruk forbundet med arbeid, og er ikke en avholdsorganisasjon Postboks 8822 Youngstorget 0028 Oslo Tlf: 22 41 57 00 Fax: 22 41 57 04 e-post: akan@akan.no

15. Akan Language In Ghana Map with the geographic distribution of Ghanaian languages. http://www.unizh.ch/spw/afrling/akandic/LMAPGH.HTM

Language Map of Ghana In the green marked territory mainly Akan is spoken. From: K. Nkansa-Kyeremateng, The Akans of Ghana - Their history and culture, Sebewie Publishers, Accra, 1996; p.18

16. Akan Cultural Symbols Project Title Page Flag of Ghana. Welcome to the akan symbols project home page. It representsa traditional akan house built around a central courtyard. http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/

Flag of Ghana Welcome to the Akan symbols project home page. This symbol is the Fihankra. It represents a traditional Akan house built around a central courtyard. Visit our virtual house and learn more about this and other symbols that comprise the unique written language of the Akan people. The adinkra book, Cloth As Metaphor, cataloguing over 700 adinkra symbols and and their variations and discussing various themes encoded in the texts of proverbs, aphorisms and other verbal expressions related to these symbols, is now available. To buy a copy of the book, please fill out the mail-order form (html file) or the invoice (pdf file) and return it with money order or cashier's check for US $20.00. Please add US $4.99 for the first book and US $2.00 for each additional copy for shipping and handling. Dr.George F. Kojo Arthur e-mail: arthur@marshall.edu Prof. Robert Rowe e-mail: rower@marshall.edu

17. AFSANI: Asomdwee Fie, Shrine Of The Abosom And Nsamanfo, Inc. The Shrine of the Abosom and Nsamanfo is a nonprofit religious organization promoting akan spirituality, traditional religion, and culture. This project is designed to impart information regarding the practice of the akan Akom Tradition in America, as well as to explore other aspects of an ancient culture indigenous to Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, and other parts of West Africa and the Congo. http://members.aol.com/afsani

W elcome to the AFSANI site of enlightenment and healing. This project is designed to impart information regarding the practice of the Akan Akom Tradition in America. We will also explore other aspects of an ancient culture which is indigenous to Ghana, West Africa and is practiced in other parts of West Africa and the Congo. W e are Africans born in the Diaspora who have willingly and excitedly chosen to follow in the footsteps of our ancestors. We know that our ancestors were brought to the Americas and Caribbean from the West Coast of Africa. We have visited the dungeons in Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast and witnessed the inhumane holding conditions of our royal ancestors who were captured and enslaved. Nevertheless they were able to reach these shores thus we, the members of AFSANI, are here honoring them by following the cultural and spiritual traditions as we are taught from the various Palaces and Shrines in Ghana. W e invite you to explore with us the many possibilities and probabilities inherent in your participation in Sankofa!

18. Abdula, Akan Case WesternWeatherhead School of Management MBA student doing research on Eastern European economy. Includes a resume, research interests, readings, and contact information. http://www.home.cwru.edu/~axa159

/* CSS Menu highlight- By Marc Boussard (marc.boussard@syntegra.fr) Modified by DD for NS4 compatibility Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com for this script */ var ns4class='' Photos Projects Academic Hold Demographic Info ... Resume Akan Abdula akan@alumni.cwru.edu MBA w/specialization in International Management Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University Whatzzz Up? - I just got admission offer from Columbia's SIPA. - It is been a while since I checked my web page. I am in Istanbul at the moment. I will leave to Macedonia soon. Nothing from Columbia for now, I will be notified at end of March I guess. - I just updated my photo gallery. Just click on the "photos" link in the upper left corner. - Long time no update... Yeah, I know.. But what can I do? Hopefully, I am graduating this semester. I am working in AV Services (IT department) of Weatherhead School of Management. Consulting Cleveland Cliffs Inc. , a global authority in steel industry. Trying to get a fellowship from Columbia University’s SIPA School, for MIA with International Finance concentration. If I survive this semester I promise to update my web more often and get back to your e-mail's.(I know that it sounds strange, but I saved all the mails and I will answer them a.s.a.p).

19. WIEM: Akan akan, ludy afrykaskie mieszkajce pomidzy rodkowym biegiem Bandamy na zachodzie a Wolt na wschodzie, w poudniowej i rodkowej Ghanie, na http://www.encyklopedia.pl/wiem/005ce1.html

wiem.onet.pl napisz do nas losuj: has³a multimedia Etnografia, Ghana, Wybrze¿e Ko¶ci S³oniowej, Togo Akan widok strony znajd¼ podobne poka¿ powi±zane Akan , ludy afrykañskie mieszkaj±ce pomiêdzy ¶rodkowym biegiem Bandamy na zachodzie a  Wolt± na wschodzie, w po³udniowej i ¶rodkowej Ghanie , na wschodnich obszarach Republiki Wybrze¿a Ko¶ci S³oniowej i czê¶ciowo w  Togo . Spo³eczno¶æ Akan liczy ok. 8 mln osób (1983). Pos³uguj± siê jêzykiem twi (tszi) z grupy jêzykowej kwa. Wyró¿niaj± siê gospodarno¶ci± i zdolno¶ciami pañstwotwórczymi. Na zajmowane obszary przybyli z pó³nocnego wschodu jako naje¼d¼cy i zaczêli oko³o XIV-XV w. tworzyæ swoje pañstwa, które s³ynê³y z wydobycia z³ota. Pierwsze powsta³o Bono, nastêpnie Akani (jego kupcy od lat 20. XVI w. dostarczali 2/3 z³ota kupowanego na ca³ym Z³otym Wybrze¿u ), Adansi (powsta³o na pó³nocy od po³±czenia rzek Pra i Offin - do dzisiaj znajduj± siê tutaj najbogatsze kopalnie z³ota Ghany), Denkira, Akwamu Akim (dostarcza³o z³ota o najwy¿szej jako¶ci, do jego wydobycia wykorzystywa³o na wielk± skalê pracê niewolników) i potê¿ne pañstwo Aszantów . Pañstwa Akan prowadzi³y nieprzerwanie podboje do koñca XIX w., czyli do epoki kolonialnej.

20. The African Experience Of God Through The Eyes Of An Akan Woman, By Mercy Amba O By Mercy Amba, an article in Cross Currents, the journal of the Association for Religion and Intellectual Life. http://www.aril.org/african.htm

THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE OF GOD THROUGH THE EYES OF AN AKAN WOMAN by Mercy Amba Oduyoye Africans experience God Nana as the good parent, the grandparent. Some say he is father; others say she is mother. But the sentiment is the same: Nana is the source of loving-kindness and protection. MERCY AMBA ODUYOYE is a widely known African theologian, author of Daughters of Anowa (Orbis, 1995) and with Musimbi Kanyoro The Will to Arise (Orbis, 1995). Her essay appeared first in a special issue on Africa in The Way, the English Jesuit journal of spirituality, Summer 1997. Writing about Africa is a hazardous enterprise. One needs to draw up many parameters and make explicit the extent of the study. This becomes even more difficult considering the subject in hand. Whose experience of God are we dealing with? What is the extent of the Africa we are talking about? From the Mediterranean to the Cape of Good Hope there have been primal religious experiences of God issuing, for instance, in the building of the pyramids and continuing to undergird the annual festivals celebrated by West Africans. There are Muslims from Cape Verde to the Red Sea and down to Dar and throughout the continent, some of them having roots going to the beginnings of Islam while others are recent converts. The same goes for Christians. Africa also hosts Hindus and Sikhs and Buddhists and many others. We, therefore, want to talk about the experience of God in a multi-religious context.

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