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What (who) is Akan - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Akan States; Akan (disambiguation); Akan states
Akan
['?:k(?)n]
¦ noun (plural same)
1. a member of a people inhabiting southern Ghana and adjacent parts of Ivory Coast.
2. the Kwa language of the Akan.
Origin
the name in Akan.
Akan calendar
CALENDAR USED BY THE AKAN PEOPLE, A KWA GROUP OF WEST AFRICA
Akan Calendar
The Akan people (a Kwa group of West Africa) appear to have used a traditional system of timekeeping based on a six-day week (known as nnanson "seven-days" via inclusive counting). The Gregorian seven-day week is known as
Akan chieftaincy
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![An Akan stool believed to be for a Queen mother, 1940–1965, in the collection of the [[Children's Museum of Indianapolis]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis - Queen Mothers stool.jpg?width=200 "An Akan stool believed to be for a Queen mother, 1940–1965, in the collection of the [[Children's Museum of Indianapolis]]")
GHANAIAN TRADITION OF AKANS
Akan Chieftaincy (Ghana); Nana (title); Akan Chieftaincy; Ohemaa
In many parts of West Africa, there is an old chieftaincy tradition, and the Akan people have developed their own hierarchy, which exists alongside the democratic structure of the country. The Akan word for the ruler or one of his various courtiers is "Nana" ().
Examples of use of Akan
1. Akan‘s daughter, Ţirvan Akan, said: «My father was my hero.
2. Notebook by Akan Coren KEN LIVINGSTONE has sent me a thermometer.
3. Because the Akan and Boule are oral languages, several representational pieces in the exhibition are designed to convey timeless homilies of man‘s struggle with fate.
4. Ersümer and '';akan are charged with causing the state to lose millions of dollars by signing unfavorable energy treaties with Russia, abusing their power and obstructing competition.
5. Born in 1'3' in Ţanlýurfa, Mehmet Akan played the role of building manager Sabri Bey in the «Bizimkiler» TV series for many years.