Im a black American and though I don't understand the language, I am moved to tears just listening to it. Oh what a world we could have had with all the children of Africa thriving and living together as one big loving family.
Akan culture is so beauiful "Dear Ashanti brothers and sisters, it's your Akan brother. We come from the same kingdom in Côte d'Ivoire. It's time for us to build our confederation as Nana Opoku Ware envisioned. Let's unite from Côte d'Ivoire to Togo to form a strong nation."
Am a Nigerian but ever since I did a project in Ghana in 1997 for a few months, I have fallen in love with Ghana and the music of Abena Fosuaa. I feel really related in many ways with the Ghana people though I do not speak or understand any of her languages. The sound of that drum and the vocals puts me in a rapturous mood. Love u Ghana
Uju.O Uju.O same sentiment I have towards Nigeria and the few African countries I've visited. traditional languages might be the chasm but I'm never out of place otherwise.
Wakanda is Definitely real. Go deep down and have a look at the ancestors that put up a fight for our freedom. Nanny of the maroons Jamaica- originated from Ghana fighting against the colonist ( the most faired yet most respected of them all Yaa Asantewaa was in Somali fighting Against the colonists and won Originated from Ghana born 17 October died 17 October And not to mention the Haitian maroons That my love is wakanda( meaning victory) Sending love and light ☀️🇭🇹🇬🇭🇯🇲
She's talking real facts about the Ashanti kingdom and how they fought the oppressors for nearly 300yrs and how they Asante people cherish their Kings and queens and all the ancestors that fought the oppressors and times have changed over years
It’s rather a dirge. It’s appellations of a dead Ashanti king. It’s also about life and how life is empty. It’s a beautiful sad song about life. “Life has changed that a great man has become silent “.
Ziblim Armiyaw its more than that. She speaks more about glories of the past, present changes, great people The Asante nation have lost over the years, the European oppression and their struggle with that. And much more....
I’m from London Guyanese back ground, I was listening to different West African tribe music and I have to say I resinate with the Ghanaian music it’s beautiful at the same time has a ting of sadness
It is very beautiful music but it is also a dirge so that's why it has a tinge of sadness. The lyrics are celebrating a dead person and also narrating the experiences of the living who have lost the deceased and how they are processing the grief of losing a loved one. Here, the loved one is a King
Guyanese are maroons just like Jamaicans, Haitian, Dominicans, st Vincent and the they went instinct from the other Caribbean country’s like panama, Mexico etc
I admire your open mind and beautiful mindset coming from Ashanti man. Remember that when our king was short we manage to let a tall king In the North impregnate our princess to have tall Kings. One blood
I'm half white so I love hearing more of my grand parents culture. It keeps me humble and it just brings out the Holy Ghost in people. I'm know my family better through their music
Your spirit and souls recognise this because the creator of mankind is Akan or Ashanti to be precise. When the Akan creator called Odomankoman Onyankopon kwame the mighty one that comes with the cloud stood in a place called asantemanso in Ashanti region and called all the tribes to come out of the soil then the Akans gave birth to the world we have today. All tribes. So the moment they come to Ghana they all feel at home. When they hear our music they feel the love but the souls recognise the beginning. Yes the world worship our creator. We are the centre of the world. We spread to ivory Coast Togo and other places and made all tribes. We are your ancestors Peace
My step mother, Maame Ama Animah, was an integer part of this great group. I had the chance of knowing their greatest leader Maame Afua Pasah, who took it upon herself to move from school to school to train the young girls on adowa dancing and culture in general.
Mfantsenyi myself, but I am in awe of the soulfulness (in its old meaning) of this. My wife is Asante, and I have lived in Kumasi and Agogo, and it really is so liberating to hear something like this with no English in it, and which harks back to our past. Se wo se akyi nny3 d3a, ehoaa na wo t3kr3ma da.
This is my first time listening to this traditional song and its been 8 years now this song hasn't gotten 1 million views or like..... Let's love our own
The first song was sang to welcome Otumfuo Osei Tutu as the the new king and the rest are about the sudden death of Otumfuo Opoku Ware II which happened in February 1999. I saw him seventeen days before he passed. He's the only otumfuo I've seen.
@@blackblaze5271 Come on, man! He (Steve Bratts) tried his best. At least he interpreted a line, cut him some slack. Thanks Steve, we stand with our allys always!
I heard Kofi Annan mentioned on Twiv virology podcast and sadly found he passed away but the music at his funeral led me here. I'm glad I made it. This is so relaxing; wonderful!
Everything about this music is from Ghana all the instruments are local made, materials are wood, animal skin, 2 ring metals on finger hitting each other, and all the performers are females, no man.
Wow this is amazing. God bless the ancestors where ever they are for their masterpiece of knowledge in all aspects of life. Long Live Akan, the spirit of the Hebrews continues.
You have really learned. Some people refer to us as the black Jews but I ain’t black Jew, I AM A DESCENDANT OF NANA EBREW( Hebrew) and proud of that. Nana Yaw Abram and Nana Kwaku Mosi are my great great great grandfathers. The Christians call them Abraham and Moses. The awakening is truly working among the Ghanaian youth and we are preparing for the Armageddon 😅
Olden days wake-keeping, there would be about 5 different musical groups of this nature, taking turns to sing and display their dance and drumming skills till dawn. what do we have now?
the song is a skillfully crafted dirge which transition into how death has affected mighty homes/people. the begining sort of bid the immediate demised KING OF THE ASANTE KINGDOM a farewell into the land of our fathers whilst ushering in the new king, the successor onto the GOLDEN STOOL with warm appellations. it thence takes the shape of a typical ASANTE setting allegory, reflecting of the effect of death on the living who are left alone by their beloved fellow, who hitherto was their run-to tower of hope. also at a point death is pictured as an enemy of the kingdom, and as such appellations and glory are sang for the various paramount chiefs in Asante, in a bid to revive their spirit in the sad moment of losing the leader of the realm to the enemy(death). In effect it sort of posit that ASANTE KINGDOM does not kowtow to any oppressor or enemy not even death with its icy hands. Also the QUEEN of the kingdom, ASANTEHEMAA is given an honorary mention at various points, which is rightly deserved knowing that she is the matriarchal lead of the kingdom, mother of all, sister to the demised king and biological mother of the new king.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful music with the world. I wish I could understand the words. I would appreciate American funerals more if we had more singing and dancing to celebrate the passing of our loved ones.
She's singing about different things, they are a mixture of war songs, dirges and the appellations of powerful Asante Kings. Also about how the seasons and times have changed over generations in Asante. I think it is the second or third song.
FYI: Adowa is a dance. This music is Nwomkoro (it's even written in the description). You dance to Nwomkoro music using Adowa dance. Some of Akan people need to go back to our roots and learn our culture/history.
Who is proud being an Ashanti and a Ghanaian ❣️❣️❣️❣️🔥💋😍🔥
A proud Ashanti dear.
Fante but still
Ga but Still Still ✊🏾
Piaawww ✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽
@@phantompage4304
We are AkANS 🥰🥰🇬🇭🇬🇭
Im a black American and though I don't understand the language, I am moved to tears just listening to it. Oh what a world we could have had with all the children of Africa thriving and living together as one big loving family.
Akan culture is so beauiful
"Dear Ashanti brothers and sisters, it's your Akan brother. We come from the same kingdom in Côte d'Ivoire. It's time for us to build our confederation as Nana Opoku Ware envisioned. Let's unite from Côte d'Ivoire to Togo to form a strong nation."
Boule👊👊
As a great-great-grandson of Asantehene Mensa-Bonsu, I concur---let's all unite and build a strong confederacy.
Lmfaoaoao a lot of Ghanaian teens don’t like this but I do😌✌🏾
Hi I'm from South Africa, I'm interested in learning and understanding your language
Im also a Afro house producer
Nana Pokuaa Same here👏🏾
I like it as well
@@tiisetsokgomojoo5278 ok
As a Black American I love this song😊
Nyame bless 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast and Ghana 🇬🇭
Baoule?
Entire Afrika!! Amun Ra!!
Proudly ASHANTIS traditions
Am a Nigerian but ever since I did a project in Ghana in 1997 for a few months, I have fallen in love with Ghana and the music of Abena Fosuaa. I feel really related in many ways with the Ghana people though I do not speak or understand any of her languages. The sound of that drum and the vocals puts me in a rapturous mood. Love u Ghana
Uju.O Uju.O same sentiment I have towards Nigeria and the few African countries I've visited. traditional languages might be the chasm but I'm never out of place otherwise.
Hi
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Don’t forget those separating lines called boarders were the colonizers idea but we’re one ☝️ before those separating lines.
Love you too
Unlike Wakanda Ghanas Empire was for real
Tell them!
Wakanda is Definitely real. Go deep down and have a look at the ancestors that put up a fight for our freedom.
Nanny of the maroons Jamaica- originated from Ghana fighting against the colonist ( the most faired yet most respected of them all
Yaa Asantewaa was in Somali fighting Against the colonists and won
Originated from Ghana born 17 October died 17 October
And not to mention the Haitian maroons
That my love is wakanda( meaning victory)
Sending love and light ☀️🇭🇹🇬🇭🇯🇲
MMM
I love adowa songs since from childhood. I am Ghanaian from Ga tribe but I understand the twi
We are all Ghanaians dear 👍
A non- Ashanti Ghanaian… But I love Ashanti traditional songs paaa!
We love your beautiful mind to. One people
Is only in Ghana u will hear such melodious music
Proudly Ghanaian
Na ɛkɔ, na ɛba!
Weɛ! Weɛ!
As Congolese 🇨🇩 love it Africa culture
The Ashanti empire will never die
I tell you dear,
I am Zimbabwean my brain doesnt understand the language but my spirit feels it.
Victor Mandez we are all one the colonial curse should never be a barrier or our different beautiful language.
Victor Mandez beautiful culture and identity
She's talking real facts about the Ashanti kingdom and how they fought the oppressors for nearly 300yrs and how they Asante people cherish their Kings and queens and all the ancestors that fought the oppressors and times have changed over years
It’s rather a dirge. It’s appellations of a dead Ashanti king. It’s also about life and how life is empty. It’s a beautiful sad song about life. “Life has changed that a great man has become silent “.
Ziblim Armiyaw its more than that. She speaks more about glories of the past, present changes, great people The Asante nation have lost over the years, the European oppression and their struggle with that. And much more....
I’m from London Guyanese back ground, I was listening to different West African tribe music and I have to say I resinate with the Ghanaian music it’s beautiful at the same time has a ting of sadness
Guyanese are direct slaves stolen from Ghana. Your hero Kofi hails from Ghana
It is very beautiful music but it is also a dirge so that's why it has a tinge of sadness. The lyrics are celebrating a dead person and also narrating the experiences of the living who have lost the deceased and how they are processing the grief of losing a loved one. Here, the loved one is a King
Guyanese are maroons just like Jamaicans, Haitian, Dominicans, st Vincent and the they went instinct from the other Caribbean country’s like panama, Mexico etc
@@vennisabarfi958 from Liberia, I felt that also but I wasn't sure.
@@godfavourersmeandsatandeli4493
Dominicans aren't maroons. 😁😁
The reason why l like listening to this music is; it describes who we are, the Ashanti tribe in particular.
Beautiful! Absolutely a masterpiece. Long live the Ashanti empire and the respect between her and her sister tribe Dagomba.
Qadiri Musah dagomba and Ashanti’s are from one father init called bawa
we are one ❤️
I admire your open mind and beautiful mindset coming from Ashanti man. Remember that when our king was short we manage to let a tall king In the North impregnate our princess to have tall Kings. One blood
Thé 400year old osei ne poku tradition continues.
we are the asante kotoko, wokum apem, apem b3ba.
Many many years ago I used to accompany my grandmother to funerals at Ejisu -Onwe. She died 28 years ago, Nana Ama Birago rest in Peace.
I'm half white so I love hearing more of my grand parents culture. It keeps me humble and it just brings out the Holy Ghost in people. I'm know my family better through their music
Though I'm Nigerian, I absolutely Love this Traditional Ghanaian Track. Tik Tok landed me here
I love Igbo traditional music is so amazing one love 🇬🇭❤️🇳🇬
It is the mixture of this and Igbo ogene that the Jamaicans used to create reggae.
Your spirit and souls recognise this because the creator of mankind is Akan or Ashanti to be precise. When the Akan creator called Odomankoman Onyankopon kwame the mighty one that comes with the cloud stood in a place called asantemanso in Ashanti region and called all the tribes to come out of the soil then the Akans gave birth to the world we have today. All tribes. So the moment they come to Ghana they all feel at home. When they hear our music they feel the love but the souls recognise the beginning. Yes the world worship our creator. We are the centre of the world. We spread to ivory Coast Togo and other places and made all tribes. We are your ancestors Peace
Aàà@@moe6406
Who’s here 2019..... Manhyia tete mokwanso....kum apem aa apem beba. Yadi3 nyinaaa....piaaawwwwwww✌🏽🦅
I'm not an Akan but i really love their culture.😢😢😢😢😢😢
This is the real music. It’s takes me back to my African root. am truly an Ashanti
Peter BOAKYE kum apem apem beba ...thank you my brother
Akan
Proud to be Ashanti, this songs makes me happy all the time
My step mother, Maame Ama Animah, was an integer part of this great group. I had the chance of knowing their greatest leader Maame Afua Pasah, who took it upon herself to move from school to school to train the young girls on adowa dancing and culture in general.
Thanks
this is spiritually sound rap music that elevates Ur soul to a much higher level not the crap we hear now
thanks foe your honesty
Proud sons and daughters of the Ashanti kingdom. Sankofa
Mfantsenyi myself, but I am in awe of the soulfulness (in its old meaning) of this. My wife is Asante, and I have lived in Kumasi and Agogo, and it really is so liberating to hear something like this with no English in it, and which harks back to our past. Se wo se akyi nny3 d3a, ehoaa na wo t3kr3ma da.
kwesi01 memami ye Asanteni ma agya ye agona suadroni nansuso yenyina ye Akan, efie keseyea.
@@BeatriceFairbanksI'm also agona half agona half breuto clan but I'm full asante
We are all akans there is no asante just akans
This is my first time listening to this traditional song and its been 8 years now this song hasn't gotten 1 million views or like..... Let's love our own
My name is kwame Asumadu i love this adowa song traditional song much.their voice are unique. God bless Ashantis.
I am so so proud to be an Ashanti from Ashanti Mampong.
My blood is crying
My body is dancing
My brain is realising Wath I have lost...
The only inspiration, nothing awakens you like the Fromtomfrom drums
8 years later and I still can't stop listening to the great ashanti empire music....its my heritage
shout out to all the ashanti folks bumpin this in 2021 - - let's keep it coming/ keep the spirit alive as ever. love you all
The first song was sang to welcome Otumfuo Osei Tutu as the the new king and the rest are about the sudden death of Otumfuo Opoku Ware II which happened in February 1999. I saw him seventeen days before he passed. He's the only otumfuo I've seen.
I'm proud of ashanti and I'm white British never even been to Ghana. But I have worked closely with many openis 👍
we love you❤️🫶🏿
One of my colleagues is very proud 👏 we call him openi 👍
Nyame nkrabea dwomto) group from Ntiri Boahu, finally gone international ❤️🇬🇭❤️
Didn’t know I will find something like this on CZcams. This piece awakened my adowa dance
God bless Ashanti kingdom'. Beautiful.
Empire….
I can't stop listening to this song! It reminds me so much of my grandmother. A lot of her actions and words make sense when I listen to this.
This is pure and distilled traditional culture music display, wooooooow 💃💃💃💃
Proud of my Ashanti tribe and heritage. This is beautiful ❤️ ❤️
Unbelievably superb! Way too classic🎉
This is what we call music 🎶 ❤️❤️✌🏾💃💃
Hello adwoa
I love our traditional music. 7 hope the young generation will take these music with them. ❤️
This is the music of my people. It makes me sad that I don't understand, but I hope to someday.
I'm very proud to be an Ashanti
Asanteman Tease 💛🖤💚
Long live Ashateman
Long live Otumfour Osei Tutu II
Long live Ghana
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The meaning is Asante has no fear to defend themselves then the need arise... Brave warriors
And WE THE WOMEN are always ready to fight for justice
Steve Bratts
Why is some white guy trying to translate my language? I don't know where you're getting that from but that's not really what it means 😁
@@simp1eone And we will always stand by our YAA ASANTEWAAS!
@@blackblaze5271 Come on, man! He (Steve Bratts) tried his best. At least he interpreted a line, cut him some slack. Thanks Steve, we stand with our allys always!
2022, still feeling the spirituality in this song. I can't stop dancing. It moves the soul. MAY GOD BLESS ASANTEMAN AND THE AKAN FAMILY!! PIIAAWWWW
our beautiful heritage. proud Ashanti, Proud Ghana
i alwas listen Ghana people music. Im come from ivory coast in south. We have same culture
We have these songs in Afro-Venezuelan folk religion, same rhythm and everything, but we are descended from Ewe, Mina, and Fon people
No Spiritual culture like asante and akim facts. their history tells all and still they own their lands
Kwamu Hill all akans are the same.
Oh please, most Akan tribes have a variation of one flavor or another.
Q
In love with this. Beautiful.
One thing am proud of is e fact that am 100% ashanti.nd hw we stand to defend our selfs when the needs arise😘
I heard Kofi Annan mentioned on Twiv virology podcast and sadly found he passed away but the music at his funeral led me here. I'm glad I made it. This is so relaxing; wonderful!
I'm proud to be an Ashanti wo kum apem aaa apem beba piawwww
Everything about this music is from Ghana all the instruments are local made, materials are wood, animal skin, 2 ring metals on finger hitting each other, and all the performers are females, no man.
Phenomenal
Proudly ASHANTIS traditions
Wow this is amazing. God bless the ancestors where ever they are for their masterpiece of knowledge in all aspects of life. Long Live Akan, the spirit of the Hebrews continues.
You have really learned. Some people refer to us as the black Jews but I ain’t black Jew, I AM A DESCENDANT OF NANA EBREW( Hebrew) and proud of that. Nana Yaw Abram and Nana Kwaku Mosi are my great great great grandfathers. The Christians call them Abraham and Moses. The awakening is truly working among the Ghanaian youth and we are preparing for the Armageddon 😅
Amamer3 y3nnnnto ntwene ,Nyame na cde Ama y3n
Real culture I love it
My name kwame Asumadu i love this traditional song. Their voices are unique God bless Ashantis.
Oh wow! this is fantastic. Thank you Ghana.
Proudly ASHANTIS traditions
Olden days wake-keeping, there would be about 5 different musical groups of this nature, taking turns to sing and display their dance and drumming skills till dawn. what do we have now?
God bless Ashanti Mann. What a beautiful song and culture.
I'm a zambian and like the song though i don't understand but i feel it in mind
the song is a skillfully crafted dirge which transition into how death has affected mighty homes/people.
the begining sort of bid the immediate demised KING OF THE ASANTE KINGDOM a farewell into the land of our fathers whilst ushering in the new king, the successor onto the GOLDEN STOOL with warm appellations.
it thence takes the shape of a typical ASANTE setting allegory, reflecting of the effect of death on the living who are left alone by their beloved fellow, who hitherto was their run-to tower of hope.
also at a point death is pictured as an enemy of the kingdom, and as such appellations and glory are sang for the various paramount chiefs in Asante, in a bid to revive their spirit in the sad moment of losing the leader of the realm to the enemy(death). In effect it sort of posit that ASANTE KINGDOM does not kowtow to any oppressor or enemy not even death with its icy hands.
Also the QUEEN of the kingdom, ASANTEHEMAA is given an honorary mention at various points, which is rightly deserved knowing that she is the matriarchal lead of the kingdom, mother of all, sister to the demised king and biological mother of the new king.
I'm carribean and I'm feel the same. Her voice cuts deep into my soul. Yet I have no idea what shes saying.
Beautiful song
Proudly ASHANTIS traditions
The real tradition starts from 12:20 to about 7 mins later.
Indeed Yɛnim ko ! na yɛnnim dwane
We know how to contend with the adversary, physically and spiritually, we feared not death.
I'm Ashanti and I'm proud to be
Thank you for sharing this beautiful music with the world. I wish I could understand the words. I would appreciate American funerals more if we had more singing and dancing to celebrate the passing of our loved ones.
Please translate, I'm a fan of African tradition please...much love from 🇿🇦🇿🇦
She's singing about different things, they are a mixture of war songs, dirges and the appellations of powerful Asante Kings. Also about how the seasons and times have changed over generations in Asante. I think it is the second or third song.
Some great rapper gotta sample this because it’s 🔥🔥
This is early rap music
Asante culture to the world 🎉❤
Still listening in 2018 feb
Proudly Ashanti
This emotional context is what I can't get from the translation books I've been reading, thank you.
Eulogies and dirges with a golden African touch!
The title is misleading , most of the songs are not dirges
I always feel sad and remember my grandparents when l hear this music
Great music. Strikes in my soul so deep...
The Asantes at their best. Glad to hear my name Baffour-Awuah in the song.
Citizen Prince Kf Awuah
Ghana
hahahahah Baffour Awuah then u are my great great ancestor lol the one he mentioned is the elder brother of my great great ancestor
Still listening December 2020
Masterpiece
I Respect the funeral. Being alien to this culture the drums are so touching. There is excellence all thru it.
Nice one. am really enjoying the traditional music as typical a asante man
Am proud to be born on Ashanti land ,kumasi Asafo YF❤️
Goosebumps 😢😢😢😢beautiful spirit-filled music.
Resonance frequency. Spiritual music.
Adowa dance. na 3i kor, na 3ba this is original rap from the roots of Ashanti land in GHANA ,AM feeling it to the core 2017.
Goosebumps All Over. Deep stuff
Mossi Kotoko, Dagbon Kotoko, Nzemaa Kotoko, Anlo Kotoko thanks for sacrifice
Krobeah
Akan Kotoko!
saaa p3p33p3 ...🙏🏿kr)Bea asante kotoko...wo kum apem a apem b3ba
Asanteman y3 nim ko...
DJ TWƐDEƐ the part which I love is when she said “etuo no to na akorabo) aank) aa y3de y3ntiri b3to hoo”
I love this song so much and make cry
This is pure poetic and tradition❤
Adowa papabi,wow
FYI: Adowa is a dance. This music is Nwomkoro (it's even written in the description). You dance to Nwomkoro music using Adowa dance. Some of Akan people need to go back to our roots and learn our culture/history.