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AKAN RELIGION SUBMITTED TO: PROF. SHARIF MEMON SUBMITTED BY: KEYUR KHAMBHATI (NR10042) DHRUMIL MAKHECHA (NR10048)

ORIGIN AND ETHNOGENESIS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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HISTORY Traditional Akan Stool, c. 1625

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AKAN SUBGROUPS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

CULTURE ,[object Object],[object Object],Kente cloth

ELEMENTS OF AKAN CULTURE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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CONT…. English Day Translation Monday Dwo Quiet (peace) day; calm. Tuesday Bena Birthday of ocean; heat, boiling, cooking. Wednesday Wukuo Birthday of Spider (reverse or mortal version of God) Thursday Ya Birthday of Earth (a woman); power. Friday Afi Fertility (in some Fante States, birthday of Earth). Saturday Mene Birthday of Supreme or Sky God (a man); respected, ancient Sunday Kwasi Under Day (awiase= under the sun); universe, everything.

CONT…. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Day 1 Fo-Dwo Nwuna-Dwo Nkyi-Dwo Kuru-Dwo Kwa-Dwo Mono-Dwo Day 2 Nwuna-Bena Nkyi-Bena Kuru-Bena Kwa-Bena Mono-Bena Fo-Bena Day 3 Nkyi-Wukuo Kuru-Wukuo Kwa-Wukuo Mono-Wukuo Fo-Wukuo Nwuna-Wukuo Day 4 Kuru-Ya Kwa-Ya Mono-Ya Fo-Ya Nwuna-Ya Nkyi-Ya Day 5 Kwa-Afi Mono-Afi Fo-Fi Nwuna-Afi Nkyi-Afi Kuru-Afi Day 6 Mono-Mene Fo-Mene Nwuna-Mene Nkyi-Mene Kuru-Mene Kwa-Mene Day 7 Fo-Kwasi Nwuna-Kwasi Nkyi-Kwasi Kuru-Kwasi Kwa-Kwasi Mono-Kwasi

Akan Philosophy and Inheritance ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Regions with significant populations Côte d'Ivoire ~8 Million Togo Over 200,000 Benin Over 20,000 Burkina Faso unknown Nigeria Over 10,000 Niger Unknown Liberia over 70,000 United States unknown United Kingdom Over 25,000 Canada Over 8000 Ghana ~12 Million Jamaica unknown Suriname Ndyuka unknown Netherlands Over 18,000

INFLUENCE OF AKAN TO OUTSIDE WORLD ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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