Agona Clan

	Agona Clan Agona Clan is one of the eight major Akan clans. Totem The totem of the Agona people is the parrot hence their linguistic prowess. Major towns The Denkyirahene Denkyirahene is the title given to the King of the Denkyira people of the Central Region of Ghana. They are part of the Akan Akan may refer to: People and languages Akan people, an ethnic group in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire Akan language, a lan ... is from the Agona clan. References {{reflist Culture of Ghana Akan people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Akan People The Akan () people live primarily in present-day Ghana and Ivory Coast in West Africa. The Akan language (also known as ''Twi/Fante'') are a group of dialects within the Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano subfamily of the Niger–Congo family.Languages of the Akan area: papers in Western Kwa linguistics and on the linguistic geography of the area of ancient. Isaac K. Chinebuah, H. Max J. Trutenau, Linguistic Circle of Accra, Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 1976, pp. 168. Subgroups of the Akan people include: the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Ashanti, Bono, Fante, Kwahu, Wassa, and Ahanta. The Akan subgroups all have cultural attributes in common; most notably the tracing of matrilineal descent, inheritance of property, and succession to high political office. Oral tradition and Ethnogenesis Akan people are believed to have migrated to their current location from the Sahara desert and Sahel regions of Africa into the forest region around the 11th century. Many Akans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Clans A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning that their members can marry one another. Clans preceded more centralized forms of community organization and government, and exist in every country. Members may identify with a coat of arms or other symbol to show that they are an . Kinship-based groups may also have a symbolic ancestor, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor who serves as a symbol of the clan's unity. Etymology The English word "clan" is derived from old Irish meaning "children", "offspring", "progeny" or "descendants"; it is not from the word for "family" or "clan" in either Irish or Scottish Gaelic. According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', the word "clan" was introduced into English in around 1425, as a descriptive label for the organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Denkyirahene Denkyirahene is the title given to the King of the Denkyira people of the Central Region of Ghana. They are part of the Akan Akan may refer to: People and languages Akan people, an ethnic group in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire Akan language, a language spoken by the Akan people Kwa languages, a language group which includes Akan Central Tano languages, a language group w ... ethnic group. The Denkyirahene's official palace is the Amponsem Fie in Dunkwa-on-Offin. He comes from the Agona Clan. Ghanaian royalty {{Africa-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Culture Of Ghana Ghana is a country that has native groups. People Akans Akan kings, once renowned for their splendor and wealth, retained dignitary status after colonization. Traditional ''kente'' cloth is woven outdoors, exclusively by men, in complex patterns of bright, narrow strips. The manufacturing of many Akan crafts is restricted to male specialists. Pottery-making is the only craft that is primarily a female activity; men usually fashion pots or pipes depicting anthropomorphic or zoomorphic figures. Ga-Adangbe The presence of major industrial, commercial, and governmental institutions in the city and towns, as well as increasing migration of other people into the area, has not prevented the Ga people from maintaining aspects of their traditional culture, even though Twi is an important immigrant language in their lands. Dagomba The Dagomba speak Dagbani language and live in the Kingdom of Dagbon.The kingdom is the earliest in Ghana. For centuries, the area inhabited by Dagomba peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]