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Speaking for the Chief: Okyeame and the Politics of Akan Royal Oratory (African Systems of Thought) by Kwesi Yankah, 1995-06-01

An Essay on African Philosophical Thought: The Akan Conceptual Scheme by Kwame Gyekye, 1995-09-08

The Akan Diaspora in the Americas by Kwasi Konadu, 2010-05-12

Let's Speak Twi: A Proficiency Course in Akan Language and Culture by Adams Bodomo, Lauren Hall-Lew, et all 2010-12-15

Akan Protocol: Remembering the Traditions of Our Ancestors by Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opokuwaa, 2005-05-14

Spider and the Sky God: An Akan Legend (Legends of the World) by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate, Dave Albers, 1997-01-01

Open Channel Hydraulics by A. Osman Akan, 2006-03-20

Akan Doctrine of God (194 Cb: A Fragment of Gold Coast Ethnics and Religion (Library of African Study) by J.B. Danquah, 1968-03-01

West African Religious Traditions: Focus on the Akan of Ghana (Faith Meets Faith Series) by Robert B. Fisher, 1998-04

Kunst der Akan: Kanon und Freiheit : Goldarbeiten und Bronzegusse, profane und sakrale Gegenstande, Kostbarkeiten afrikanischer Kunst (German Edition)

The Akan (Twi-Fante) Language - Its Sound Systems and Tonal Structure by Florence Abena Dolphyne, 1988-12

Mondes Akan - identité et pouvoir en Afrique occidentale - Akan Worlds - Identity And Power In West Africa by Valsecchi, Viti, 2000-01-01

Akan Goldgewichte im Bernischen Historischen Museum =: Akan goldweights [sic] in the Berne Historical Museum (German Edition) by Charlotte von Graffenried, 1990

Fundamentals of Hydraulic Engineering Systems (4th Edition) by Robert J. Houghtalen, A. Osman Akan, et all 2009-08-17

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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

Extractions: 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: 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
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/
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

Extractions: 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. 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.
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
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

Extractions: 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.
Akan Cosmology
This site describes akan cosmology and illustrates it through traditional akan religious symbols, Category Society Religion and Spirituality African Traditionalakan 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

Extractions: 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.
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

Extractions: 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.
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
Valkommen
En privat, obunden folkhögskola i centrum av Borgå.Category World Svenska Utbildning Folkhögskolor FinlandPortal till Svenska folkakademins hemsidor
http://www.akan.fi/
Untitled Document
Two downloadable sample lessons from the ALI akan CD-ROM.Category Science Social Sciences Niger-Kordofanian akanAli 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

Extractions: 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.
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The summary for this Japanese page contains characters that cannot be correctly displayed in this language/character set.
http://www.town.akan.hokkaido.jp/
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 akanLanguage 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
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

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

Extractions: 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.
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

Extractions: 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!
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

Extractions: - 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 Universitys 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).
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

Extractions: 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.
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

Extractions: by Mercy Amba Oduyoye 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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