1. 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

2. Yoruba And Akan Art In Wood And Metal: The Doorway Online catalog of an exhibit on Yoruba and akan art in wood and metal. 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

3. Akan Cosmology This site describes akan cosmology and illustrates it through traditional akan religious symbols, each of which encodes within its graceful lines a 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

4. Akan Language Bibliography Page - Handbook Of African Language Resources (ASC)(M Overview to the basic books on the akan language and linguistics. 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.

5. ALI Akan Homepage On ALI akan (African Languages through Internet) a pilot project with the University of Zurich, Switzerland. http://www.unizh.ch/spw/afrling/aliakan/

Ali Akan "African languages through internet" Information Sample Events Introduction to Akan language and linguistics through new electronic technologies History and description (updated July 2001) Evaluation Ali Akan 1999 Report 1999 Report 2000 Report on Ali Akan II - 2001 ... Sample of the course: Unit 1 and 2 Speakers: Justin Frempong, Amma Konadu Müller-Osei, Kingsley Siribour Tune your ears to Akan (a listening test) An advanced version of the IP Ali Akan focusing on computer-supported applications to the study of Akan text was held May 15-23, 2001, at the University of Leiden (Holland). It was attended by those having successfully completed the Introductory course ( details The preparation of a release version of the Ali Akan CD-ROM is well advanced. Update information on the publication will be found on this page. Inquiries: per_baumann@hotmail.com Related program: Computer Applications for Modern Extra-European Languages (CAMEEL) Back to Department of General Linguistics, University of Zurich Apr-2003/ HH

6. GHANA - LA CULTURA TRADIZIONALE AKAN Dossier di Andrea Molocchi che presenta alcuni elementi introduttivi sulle tradizioni di questa popolazione ghanese. http://www.daddo.it/akan.htm

Dossier del a cura di Andrea Molocchi GHANA - LA CULTURA TRADIZIONALE AKAN Introduzione Questo dossier presenta alcuni elementi introduttivi alla cultura tradizionale degli Akan, popolazioni che costituiscono oltre la metà degli abitanti del Ghana. Le popolazioni Akan sono un gruppo culturale variegato, costituito da aree tradizionali specifiche, le più note delle quali sono Ashanti, Brong, Banda, Adanse, Assin, Twifo, Denkyera, Akyem, Wassa, Akwamu, Fante, accomunate, oltre che da elementi culturali omogenei, dalla provenienza durante il tredicesimo dall'area che oggi corrisponde al nord-ovest del Ghana e dal nord-est della Costa d'Avorio, e che invasero il Ghana centro-meridionale a ovest del fiume Volta, assoggettando popolazioni come Guan, Efutu, Kyerepon e Asebu¹. - "Ghana in retrospect", di Peter Sarpong, Ghana Publishing Corp. 1974

7. Akan Cultural Symbols Project Title Page Welcome to the akan symbols project home page. This symbol is the Fihankra. It represents a 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 book is still available. We received additional shipment of copies of the book on August 29, 2004. Get your copy now! 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. One may also use credit cards through the Paypal system to purchase one book for $27.99 (including shipping, and handling charges) or one may contact CEFIKS PUBLICATIONS, 3548 Cherry Hill Court, Beltsville, MD 20705 (Telephone 301-592-7615) for bulk order.

8. 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

9. Akan People akan Information Location Ghana, southeastern C te d'Ivoire Population 4 million Language akan cluster of Twi languages http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

10. Akan Cultural Symbols Project Title Page Visit our virtual house and learn more about this and other symbols that comprise the unique written language of the akan people. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

11. Akan People Much of what we know about ancient akan customs comes to us in the form of oral The rise of the early akan centralized states can be traced to the 13th 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

12. REDIRECT: Asomdwee Fie, Shrine Of The Abosom And Nsamanfo, Inc. (AFSANI) 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

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13. Akan Cosmology This site describes akan cosmology and illustrates it through traditional akan religious symbols, each of which encodes within its graceful lines a http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

14. 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.

15. Akan People The history of Ghana is, in fact, the history of the Twi speaking people who now call themselves the akan. The akan people are among the most http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

16. Akan Goldweights More results from www.fa.indiana.edu Ghanaian akan NamesEver wonder what life might be like in a small African village? This HomePage is dedicated to two small West African villages in the remote Upper East and 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.

17. 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@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).

18. Ashanti Doing this for fun http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

19. Akan Abdula, MBA akan Abdula. (akan@cwru.edu). . MBA w/specialization in International Management http://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@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).

20. Akan Architecture Symbols Dr George Kojo Arthur and Prof. Robert Rowe of Marshall University examine the decorative symbols used in buildings of the akan people of Ghana. http://web.marshall.edu/akanart//akanadansie.html

AKAN ARCHITECTURE AKAN CULTURAL SYMBOLS PROJECT G. F. Kojo Arthur and Robert Rowe - 1998-2001 A wall of an old house showing in relief form some of the Akan symbols Akan architecture is not only elaborate in terms of function and building technology. It also presents, as a reflection of the people and their spirit of independence, a variety of forms and design principles that encode expressive messages which continue to astonish foreign observers. Various symbols are used as base relief or plinths, banisters, and walls in Akan architecture. The fihankra (compound house) style of building consists of a central quadrangle which is enclosed on all four sides with rooms. The multi-room rectangular building with an open courtyard found in Akan houses, as captured by the fihankra symbol, marks the Akan concept of private and public space. The Akan fihankra building used as a home demarcates between the fie (inside, private) and ab o nten (outside, public).

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