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Dela
The Akan family is an ethnic group primarily made up of eight original Abusua (family) clans that can trace their family linage to one common ancestress. Yes cadet branch may have developed but originally their were 7-8. As a result, the Akan are primarily matrilineal in regards to family linage in most cases, with a few exceptions. Among my people the Asante, the eight abusua or clans are known as the Aduana, Agona, Asakyiri, Asenie, Asona, Bretuo, Ekuona, and Oyoko (Dako). I'm personally from the Oyoko abusua owing to my mother even though my father is from the Asenie Abusua .
What most people often refer to as Akan "tribes" like the Asante, Akyem, Fante, or Denkyira were in fact Akan Kingdoms or Nations which were formed as confederate democratic kingdoms, before the Europeans came, by the various Akan Abusua/ clans that were dominant in those particular areas where they are found. In the Asante Kingdom for instance Nana Otumfour Asantehene is from the Oyoko clan and Nana Mamponghene is from the Bretuo clan. In the Akyem Kingdom Nana Okyenhene is from the Asona clan. However the same Asona, Oyoko, and Bretuo clans can be found in both kingdoms. It is the same with the Fante Kingdom as you can find the Ekuona family in Saltpond. Irrespective of which Akan nation (Fante, Asante, Akyem, Bono, Kwahu, Akwamu or even Boule in Invory Coast) all the Akan families belong to one of these clans. Th groups that are not from these clans often times lived in these areas before the Akan arrived and were often assimilated into Akan culture over the one thousands years they've lived along side each other. Adopting the languages and combining them with their own.
I think what confuses people is that the clans can be known by different names depending on which local dialects are spoken in that particular traditional old Akan Kingdom. As can be expected, the original Akan language has evolved, over the thousand years that we've been in Ghana, into the separate dialects that we know today. However, the best way to identify the clans is by the totems of their royal families which have changed very little over time. The Oyoko (Hawk), the Ekuona (Water Buffalo), the Agona (Parrot) and so forth. For instance the ruling family of the Boule in Invory Coast is the Dako abusua which is the same clan as the Oyoko Clan in Asante. Although the abusua name has changed drastically the totems are still the same. Even though they now speak french and we speak english and their version of twi has changed, they are originally from the Oyoko family in Kumasi/Nsuta. Alot of people don't realize but there were many wars during this period and this branch of the same clan migrated to Ivory Coast after the death of Otumfour Nana Osei Tutu I and the civil war that ensued.
Similar to the Ga-Dangbe and Ewe Clans that came from the East and the Dagomba in the North the story of the Akan and the rest of Ghana is one of migration. I think we all have more in common than most people realize and if you go back far enough we're all related. They should teach Ghanaian children about African history in general to avoid all these ethnic rivalries. We know far too much about Europe and not enough about ourselves. We're all the same people.
Benjamin Boamah I agree with you
Not this many and insightful but you took the words right out of mouth.
Thank you my brother you are a man of my own heart.
Ashanti's should really stop referring to Kumasi as Kumerica or Ashanti's as Kumericans or whatever. Let Kumasi be beautiful in its own way. We are not uplifting our own culture when we simply add a western name to it. We need to decolonize our mindset instead of colonizing it further.
Thank you!
Yes, please.
It's so stupid and bush behaviour
Complete bush behavior lol especially when they try sounding like black americans 🤣
It's called ignorance, and it cuts across board! Our penchant to europeanize everything and assign them superiority status is simply annoying. Be authentic, people, embrace your own!!!!!
I feel proud to be Akan
Thank you for this video. I'm of Guyanese 🇬🇾 descent and Guyanese people are descendants from Ghana 🇬🇭 I've always wanted to know about the Akan people. We all should know our roots and be proud. Blessings to you both ❤
That’s true I was in Guyana and I was very happy.
be careful when learning history from fellow Ghanaians on youtube. There’s something called TRIBALISM which is even worse and dangerous than RACISM
@@quasi.q6958 tribalism whilst very unpleasant is not worse than racism.
Whilst tribalism is an issue in Ghana it is not as bad as you make out.
Racism was the system that justified the transatlantic slave trade, by making black Africans appear sub-human.
Racism is and was enshrined in law by many nations populated by europeans. In South Africa it was apartheid.
In Australia it created a lost generation of aborigine children who were taken away from their families so the black in them could be bred out of them. It also prevented any non whites from emigrating to Australia. Both these things were in existence a few decades ago and their residual affects are still felt today.
Racism is what created the segregation and exclusion of blacks and other minorities in the usa, where blacks couldnt vote and were burnt or lynched by mobs due to their colour. Just to note such atrocities were not described as crimes and went unpunished. Just as today police officers shoot unarmed black men and women for benign misdemeanours or sometimes just for being black and such acts go unpunished because racism says it is ok and legal to do this.
Racism is why the Arawaks, Tainos and Yahis no longer walk this earth.
Racism causes people to get out of the sea or a swimming pool because a black person just got in it !
Yes tribalism can lead to horrible and disgusting acts the worst example probably Rwanda but even then it was in a state of lawlessness and an aberration from the norm. In contrast to the horrible and accepted acts of racism that continue in many parts of the world.
I am guess you are making your assumption based on narrow horizons because seriously in ninety nine percent of the cases of so called tribalism found in Ghana it pales in comparison to ugly face of racism !
What you are describing is bias and ignorance not tribalism !
Most Guyanese people are from south central Africa, or Congo and Nigeria. There are some people that came from Ghana also but they are not in the majority.
That is a total lie
Dela good job. I will like to recommend someone for you. He use to work for GBC radio 1 and he is called Amankwaa Amfofo . He is a linguist in Ghanaian languages. Try and look for him. Thanks from Nevada
When it comes to Akan, Asante is the soul of its wealth and culture. Asante is to Akan and Ghana as USA is to the world. Twi is spread all over Ghana because of the Influence of Asante.
Your right guy Akans are most richest and successful people in Ghana
I did my DNA test with Living DNA and my ancestry is the AKAN tribe. It is my intention to visit my ancestors prior to my death.
Wow
Me too!! ❤
15:16 the material and style that Ghana girl has on is elegant. An igbo nigerian🇳🇬 brother salutes you.love it when you represent your culture and language.
And not all Akans like to brag, he's just scared to name the ones that do. 😆😆
He said the Ashantis, lol.
Lol
Yes we Asante are very proud loll
What's wrong to be proud of your heritage, if you go to the western world they're proud of themselves. It's not bad to be proud.
I'm a fante too great Interview
We are all Africans first ❤️💪🏾
Okay , is there any difference between Fanti and Fante or are they basically the same people?
@@pietrojenkins6901 same
@@pietrojenkins6901 it's the same
AKANS LIGUISTICALLY HAVE A BASE OF A LANGUAGE AND COMMON SYLLABLES WHICH PERMEATES THROUGH ALL THE CLANS.MEANING IF ANY AKAN CLAN ie ASANTE LISTENS TO AN AKUAPEM OR FANTE SPEAK THEY CAN UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND COMMUNICATE. AKANS ALSO SHARE A COMMON CULTURE AND CAN BE TRACED FROM THE SAME PLACE. THIS IS JUST A GIST. I THINK YOU SHOULD GO TO THE PALACES IN AKAN LAND TO LEARN MORE.
RAS ASONCHI I agree with you.
Wonderful outfit, Dela. His too.
Great setting.
You both fit into the setting well.
Whenever a Twi spoken person sits with a Fante, we both speak our distinctive language and we both understand each other.
All Akans speak twi. We have the Asante twi, Fante twi, Akuapim twi, Bono twi and so on. We often make a mistake of associating twi to only Asante. They need to teach more of these in our schools. This will help us know our roots
All Akans speak twi. We have the Asante twi, Fante twi, Akuapim twi, Bono twi and so on. We often make a mistake of associating twi to only Asante. They need to teach more of these in our schools. This will help us know our roots
@@lordamoako8286 Central Akans speak Twi, Coastal Akans do not speak Twi. Asante, Akuapem and Akyem Twi. Coastal Akans speak Mfantse, Nzema etc They are not the same. Don't distort history and facts
@@Tu51ndBl4d3 central region has many Twi dialects and enfanti is one...do better research...
@@Tu51ndBl4d3 No most, if not all, Akans talk with a variant of twi. To disprove what you said, Mfantse and most other forms of Twi are similar to the point only 1 word is different (Asante: Kwabena is Fante: Kwamena). They both come from Bono Twi, the of twi and where all Akan groups come from
The guy didn't explain it properly. All Akans speak Twi in their various forms just like English is spoken in different forms in different English speaking countries like the British English, American English, Ausralian English etc. Similary there's Asante Twi, Fante Twi, Brong Twi, Akuapim Twi, Kwahu Twi, Baoule Twi, Agni Twi etc
Not all Akans speak twi, for example larteh ,nzema and many others don't speak twi
There is nothing like Fante Twi
@@kwekuabban6290 if you don't know say you don't know. That's what my twi teacher who knows the subject taught me in secondary school
@@okesvlogs5185 if you can't recognize Asante and Fante words and phrases in Nzema then you don't know what you are talking about
@@kwakuakonto8942 can you chat with nzema,larteh person with twi ?
My dna puts my great grandmama in Akan. So closer to finding out which street she lived on!!! Keep learning your truth!
This was great 👍🏿
Great Job🙏
Nice video 👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿
Here is an actual explanation I will give you:
People/Nation: Akan
Language:Akan
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Mfantse Twi
Branch Branch
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(Gomoa, Ekumfi, (Asante, Akuapem, Wassa,
Nkusukum, Iguae, Akyem, Kwahu, Brong)
Breman, Agona)
There is also Nzema, Bawule (Ivorians) etc, but for the sake of the video I am focusing on the Mfantse and Twi branches of the Akan language.
These branches serve the same purpose that the French branch, Italian branch, Spanish branch etc serve in the Latin language, as demonstrated below:
Language:Latin
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French Spanish
Branch Branch
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(Parisien, Congolese, (Castillian,Mexican etc)
Quebecois etc)
French and Spanish are both Latin but different varieties. They can both understand about 70-80% of each other but there are enough pronunciation and vocabulary differences to separate them into their own languages/branches. Within these branches they also have their own dialects. This is the same case with Mfantse and Twi.
To conflate the two would be the same as arbitrarily calling French, "French-Spanish" because Spanish is the most widely used form of Latin today. There is no such thing as "Fante-Twi", that is an odd neo-ideology in Ghana today amongst a very specific clan of people. I have heard no African/Ghanaian linguists, researchers, Ghanaian or foreign universities, or traditional knowledge that claims Mfantse as a Twi variety. Here is an article that does an okay job at also speaking on this: yen.com.gh/172963-fante-tribe-culture-language-clans-food-traditional-wear-facts.html.
There are way too many vocabulary and phonetic differences between Mfantse and Twi to be considered of the same branch.
curtesy of Tu51ndBl4d3
They are related, but yes, they are not the same. Finally, someone gets that. Most I've seen have said that the 2 are entirely different
LOVED EVEY MOMENT OF THIS!
This was sooo educative and yes I learnt a lot
The Ewes didn't have Kente in the way we know it or even call it. All the tribes had a form of cloth weaving, but the Ashantis developed a complex method, taking apart expensive imported silk during the trans-saharan trade and using the yarns to weave specifically for their royalty. The name comes from being woven like the basket which is Kenten in the Akan language. Now tell me, between the Akans and Ewes who learned from each other the cloth wearing culture as is practised in southern Ghana 🇬🇭? If the Akans learned cloth wearing from Ewes, then we can begin a debate about the invention of kente; if it's the Akans who did, then we'll automatically know who did the invention. It's that simple. Again note that in the place where kente originated, for about ten miles radius, still remain an enclave of traditional industrial hotbed. Pottery at Pankrono, carving at Awhiaa, adinkra cloth at Ntonso and kente at Bonwire. It's not as if it arose from a single place out of the blue. It gives it’s beginning from centuries of artistic practice in an area that had been skilled and industrial. You can always derive evidence from the environment no matter how old the history has been.
Just as happened during the industrial revolution, one invention required another and so on and so forth.
More is coming
To be fair, regardless who created it, Osei Tutu I himself requested it be made for him and his subjects of nobility and royalty, so the people who created kentepretty much gave it away on inception. This is whilst the fact that this was presumably done in Osei Tutu's reign, where only the Akwamu had encompassed Ewe peoples, not Osei Tutu. So it is HIGHLY unlikely that the Ewe created Kente
Good to know different languages and cultures!❤️
Very good , looking forward to part 2 . I loved the interview because I a m married to a Fante man from Elkins . Sister Ekua - temporarily in New York . In addition, I was in the Peace Corps in Togo and I have a Togolese family by the surname of Agbaglo and my Ewe name is Sister Acouvi..... 🦊🦊🦊🦊
That was a fascinating episode. So much to learn; I do hope you're considering follow up episodes ( like a day in the life of a family).
👍
You are doing a great job Dela 👌🏼👍🏽
Thank you
The way this talks about the foods, just makes you get taste to eat.
great video Dela! i learned a lot of new things about the Akans and you were great at interviewing as usual! - roberta :)
Thank you for connecting me 😊
Hey! Just realized you've hit 15k💕🤗.
Yes ooo. I’m so grateful.
I personally don't know why most Ghanaians graduates have no idea of culture and heritage, every person suppose to be proud of their heritage and culture. And don't see the reason why most black Africans especially Ghanaians are afraid to be proud.
An important question he didn't clearly answer is that, twi is so popular because of the influence of the ashanti tribe.
First of all "twi" is the language of akans. Ashantis speak "asante twi", fantis speak "fante twi", nzemas speak "nzema twi", etc. But because of the influence of the ashantis, people attribute "twi" to only ashantis. That is not very accurate.
So, why is the ashanti tribe so influential? It is because of history. They were among the first settlers in modern day Ghana and were apparently the strongest tribe in terms of warfare, both against other tribes and as well as against the colonial masters. The name "asante" actually means "because of war". The ashanti region (and other parts of the south of Ghana) has the most resources in the country; gold, cocoa, timber, etc. This therefore puts them and the other akan tribes in an advantageous position.
Finally, the ashantis place a lot of value on their culture. To this day, "ashanti" is still considered as a kingdom within a country. That is why they have their Otumfour (the ashanti king, with different chiefs serving under him). That is also why people say that ashantis brag a lot...it is because they see themselves as some kind of royals.
Wow, very well put. Thank you for sharing that.
@@moretodela you’re welcome
I agree they brag a lot. My husband is one. Lol!
There is nothing like Fante Twi!!
@@FindingChalandaMichelle No we don't. We are just proud of who we are. If that's "bragging" then yes, we do. Greetings to you and my "bragging" brother - LOL.
You should have gone for more experience person to explain this. Thus guy don't know much. You should go to Ashanti or bono region to know the real history. The Akan all started near Tekyiman in the bono ahafo .
Twi is for all akans the Agonas in central region is the same as Agonas in Ashante region
You did it again, Natural Ghana Girl. But for your inquisitiveness I would have remained in the dark about some things; and the irony is I would have still called myself an expert in Akan affairs. So.... now... I'm wondering....... should I thank you for making me aware of the holes in my knowledge? Or.....!!!!! Ok, I've decided to do the second best - send the link to ten of my buddies and ORDER them to subscribe, comment, share... or ELSE.....
Lol 😂 Thank you! Yes please share, share share! 😊
@@moretodela Done!!!!!
To do more JUSTICE to this topic, please talk to PROFESSOR AGYEKUM, SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON.
You nailed the nutifafa!!! I am soooo proud of the non-Ghanaian you have become :)
Lol “non-Ghanaian” 😂 thank you.
4:41 Fante clans , cool.
I love Ghana
Somehow I think the person you interviewed did not do well at explaining things to you. I suggest when next you want to interview someone on any of Ghana’s culture, it will be good if you interview a chief or an opinion leader ( there are many of them in our communities) since you intend to learn and also educate the public. If you are in Accra visit the chiefs palace, they will give you someone to assist you to know about Ghana the Ga culture. U might use that opportunity to show aspects of their culture in different videos. Similar, activities can be done for ethnic groups outside Accra. Someday, you can consider going to northern Ghana so that you can showcase their culture too. They have a wonderful tradition. Actually Ghana is geo-politically and geo -historically divided into north and south. The cultures in the north are similar whiles that of the south are also similar. The northern culture is largely influenced by Dagomba tribe whiles the southern culture has largely been influenced by the Akans. The Northern region predominantly Muslims and the south is predominantly Christians.The biggest tribe in Northern ghana is Dogomba like I said ( let me be quick to add that there is no ethnic Hausa tribe in Ghana). I squeezed Hausa in because I watch your other video when you interviewed some ladies on languages spoken in Ghana. The Muslim lady should have told you that her language is any of the northern languages such Dagbani, Gonja, frafra, Dagare etc. Hausa is a foreign language like English. It is spoken in zongos and by some Muslims ( not all) owing to their relations with Islam. The British brought in some Hausa from northern Nigeria( where is originally spoken and the tribe is located) as servants, cooks and some as their security. In many cases when you find a Muslim who speaks Hausa, that person has his own language that they speak. Besides, zongos that speak Hausa, it is also spoken as a foreign language in Salaga. Most Hausa were traders, so they travelled across west Africa to trade, and when they came to Ghana, they traded at Salaga which is also in northern region. Some of them learnt thier language in order to trade with them. However, the people of Salaga speak the Gonja language as their main language. let me revert to the Ghanaian culture; you can go to university of Ghana African studies department, they have resourced people who will speak with you. I’ve love for history. Perhaps, you can dm me, so that I can also share some information with you. Let’s I forget, the name Akan is an umbrella term with tribes under them. The name Akan arguably means “first” or “ civilized”. They are also grouped together because the languages spoken by the Akan tribes are mutually-intelligible .There are Akans in Ivory Coast and Togo also. One of the biggest tribe in Ivory Coast are Akans. Even in northern Ghana there is an Akan tribe called Chrokosi and they speak similar language like Nzema. When an Nzema person who is on the coast speaks, a chrokosi man who is in Northern Ghana understands it clearly. Akans migrated into present day Ghana. Akans have 8 clans and all the tribes are headed by clan heads. King of Asante is the head of Oyoko clan whiles king of Akyem Abuakwa is the head of Asona clan. Akwamu is headed by the Aduana clan and likewise when you go to Fanti areas their chieftaincy is headed by clans. Akans are mostly matrilineal, meaning, succession and inheritance is by the female line. The Family of an Akan is usually the mothers family; or in other words, every Akan belongs to the mothers family and not the fathers family. At each level of Akan society queen mothers and women play very important role in their society. Eg. It is the queen mother who will nominate who becomes the next chief or king in an Akan society. let me stop here, u can research more on it. By the way, I can tell you about the history and culture of most of the tribes on Ghana.
Woow... i enjoyed reading this... 👏👏
Wonderful commentary. For matters of such educational value, getting input from resource people helps and I thank you for your recommendations.
Good job, very informative
Excellent!
There’s nothing like Nzema Twi, Sefwi Twi, Fante Twi, etc. They’re languages on their own
2:18 fante ori of akan, cool. complex. Ghana
The pure Akans will be seen in the central part of Ghana
Your outfit is ☺️👍
Nice interview! You need to do a ewe one 💪
Coming soon
From the way the brother explained it Akan is along the same lines as Latino. Latino encompasses people from Spain, Central and South America, Puerto Rico, and Portugal and the different countries/regions speak different languages that all fall under Latino such as Castilian Spanish, the Spanish spoken in the Americas, Portuguese, and Latin. But of course with Africa being the birthplace of humanity, although you may finds parallels outside of Africa it is tremendously more extensive and elaborate/ layered/complex in Africa.
Not true.Latino is made up of different races who share a common culture.
Akans are the same race
People your Ghanaian top clothing are beautiful
I am sorry you interviewed a wrong person, he is not well vested in Akan history
You read my mind. Was going to say the same thing
did you guys realize how biased he was towards the Asantes
Thank you. I was looking for such comment. She would have been better off interviewing a well versed akan linguist. I could have even done a better job.
@@quasi.q6958 go and create your channel
Go and create your channel
You beat me, thought I was first. Lol
Nice explanation
This was interesting, any plans for Ewe segment, your tribe, especially since there's a Western Togoland secession going on in Ghana, serious paa! And as speaker he mentioned Akan ethnic group makes up half of Ghana's population and so Twi ideally should official local language. But my fellow Fante brother was a journalist and not a Prof historian, an even better resource. And Mfantse is how Fante Akan language is termed. He didn't go into Ashante and Fante history
Dela I am with, it’s hard to learn, especially when you are older, I am struggling to learn a few words and sentences for when I get there next week 🥵😊
Twi is the language of the Akan people, and from it have come various dialects - Akuapem Twi, Kwahu Twi, Bono Twi, Asante Twi, Fante Twi etc. - all of which are (mostly) mutually intelligible. Migration is what led to the development of the different dialects and traditions but mainly native speakers of these dialects are the same people.
Masa there is no such thing as fante twi. How many times must some of u be corrected. Fante is not a subset of twi pls get dat.
@@ekowdaadze3890 Tell them, I’ve been fighting with people on these streets that Fante, Sefwi, Nzema, etc are languages of its own, not Twi variations
@@ekowdaadze3890 please my good friend lemme help you with this one, TWI is actually the language for ALL the AKAN tribe..... i repeat TWI IS THE LANGUAGE FOR ALL AKAN PEOPLE.. now within the the AKAN tribes we have a lot of tribes(sub tribes ) like fante, asante,nzema,akuapem etc... they all speak twi but the twi differs .. so therefore the type of twi spoken in a particular sub tribe is determined by the name of that sub tribe... so we have ASANTE TWI(from asante), FANTE TWI(from fante), akuapem twi etc.. but the ASANTE TWI id very popular that's why we consider it to be the language of the AKAN... stop deceiving people here if you dont know somthing please
@@PatriciaAbijah please my good friend lemme help you with this one, TWI is actually the language for ALL the AKAN tribe..... i repeat TWI IS THE LANGUAGE FOR ALL AKAN PEOPLE.. now within the the AKAN tribes we have a lot of tribes(sub tribes ) like fante, asante,nzema,akuapem etc... they all speak twi but the twi differs .. so therefore the type of twi spoken in a particular sub tribe is determined by the name of that sub tribe... so we have ASANTE TWI(from asante), FANTE TWI(from fante), akuapem twi etc.. but the ASANTE TWI id very popular that's why we consider it to be the language of the AKAN... stop deceiving people here if you dont know somthing please
@@aborahsarpongdominic5263 Masa stop misleading pple and learn. I don't know where some of u twi speakers concocted this explanation from at all and when we try to enlighten u too u are just not ready to learn. I repeat there is no such thing as Fante twi. That is a misconception at its best. Perhaps u rather need to be helped. Fante stands on its own n is not a sub language under twi. I have stated countless number of times dat, mfantse as a language has other sub dialects under it. The kind of mfantse de pple of anomabo speak, is quite different from what gomoa pple speak. Likewise evrn de mfantse de pple of takoradi speak is also quite different from what de pple of winneba speak etc. Its just dat, de akan language is broad but are quite similar. Twi in itself has its own division depending on where u find urself. The asante twi or whatever u are saying is de popular dats y u claim is a language for all is not true. The twi popular bcoz de twi speakers are more and dey being more does not mean twi is for all. In fact let me correct yoh here. Twi is a dialect under de akan group just like the other divisions. So stop throwing dust into peoples eye. Growing up all akans knew dat fante stood as a major division within de akan set up just like twi. I don't know how some u came by this conception dat Mfantse is twi. That is incorrect u can take it or leave it since most of u are just not ready to learn.
Kente is originated from Ashanti in Bonwira Ejuso and spread across
Della I beg to redo the Akan version again
🙋🏿♀️
Yes Twi should be Ghana’s official language
Iam 60, when we were growing up in Accra and Tema, everyone spoke or understood Ga, we needed it to trade in Makola, the genesis of the extinction of The Ga language is when Rawlings, destroyed Makola, Market, now Rawlings Park, and most Makola Women, who were rich and breadwinners of their family became impoverished. Urbanisation also contributed to the loss of the Ga language, more Akans flooded Accra and Tema. There is Volta Kente and Asante Kente.
please there’s no volta kente the word kente is an ASANTE twi and it’s also not too late for you to learn the history of Kente.. If the ga’s stopped speaking their language and spoke english like a british when the white men were around but find it difficult to speak twi.. When a Northerner move to accra he or she speaks twi and not ga or sefwi.. sometimes i even wonder why they still haven’t made TWI the original language of Ghana
Volta Kente? Since when🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Volta don’t have Kente.Theirs is called Kete
@@quasi.q6958 because Twi is not the original language of Ghana.
Guans were settled in much of present day Ghana before Akans.
But more importantly Ghana did not exist until 1957 or thereabouts so every ethnic group in Ghana became Ghanaian at the same time. So there are over seventy original Ghanaian languages
I recall even in the eighties you couldnt get by in Accra without knowing a little Ga.
But let us not forget Accra is not the only place Ga is spoken. Outside of Accra as far east as the Volta river at, Dodowa & some satellite villages/towns such as Abokobi, Boye, Oyarifa and even in parts of Akuapem Ga-Adangbe is still widely spoken.
Outside of Ghana there are even areas in London where the Ga language is widely spoken, i kid you not !
Try Battersea - hence there is a joke when the Ga speakers heard the name they thought they were being told Ba taʃee
That’s good that Tree is taught in school. 👍👌🏽✊🏿😎
Twi *
Dela; etew is similar to ewor kple (I think I remember Stella Shanelly talking to you about that).
Funny that I was just talking to someone about the different types of “kple” that are available and he told me things that I hadn’t even heard of. There’s a WHOLE other world out there that I know nothing about. 🤦🏾♀️
Akan is an ethnic group
That's the exact term. Akans originate from one man called Akan whose name can be found in the Old Testament, Genesis, I think
@@kwakuakonto8942 that's not true. Y'all should stop the propaganda. The Jews are still living evidence
@@missbabyloved7531 exactly Ghanaians always trying to fit themselves in the Bible 🤦🏽♂️🤣
@@johncoast1957 lololololol it's very sad how the brainwash has been so deep that some of us can't even differentiate reality
@@kwakuakonto8942 lol on some fictitious bs 🤦🏾♂️
Funny that the journalist mentioned the Akan to be of Esau from Genesis. When you read Joshua 7, it talks about "Achan's" sin, which in my Bible is written as "Akan". Also when you read 1 Chronicles 2:7, it mentiones his genealogy (some translations mention Akar, Achar and Achan). If you check Achan in Ivory Coast, you will know who these people are, same as the "Akan" people of Ghana.
So, if taking the Bible as a reference, who then are the Akan people? One needs to come with facts and more proof, when using the Bible, not just say I think or maybe... etc.
He didn't claim it, he said someone was dragging about it. He was just talking about how Ashantis can drag🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
@@Ghanadiaries Thank you!
Akans crashing the house, we're hear
Fante-Asante
Have you ever heard of the Ashanti calendar?
Akans are like the Yoruba of Nigeria. We all see our progenitor as Oduduwa, but are divided into tribes with sub dialects of the Yoruba language.
Yorubas are not related to Akans at all. Yorubas are more related to Igbos than Ghanaians.
@@0k859 He meant that in terms of how the Yoruba are divided in comparison to the Akan and how they are divided. Yes you could compare the two. The only difference being that the Akan are majorities in Ghana, Ivory Coast and culturally dominant in these two countries plus Jamaica
@@foam3132 I know he meant the system works the same with his language Yoruba in comparison to my language Akan. Yes I know they don’t have Akan ethnic group in Nigeria, so they don’t speak Akan language.
Akan is made up of people who share common cultural background or descent
The Akans practiced matrilineal inheritance and women considered more important than men.And also if check cheftaincies in Akan traditional systems Queen mothers are the ones who select those individual chefs.we called them Queen Mothers.
Oh wow, I did not know that.
Your statement that women are more important is incorrect. In akan tradition, the body is made of two parts, the body and the soul. The woman physically carries the baby, her blood flows in the kid for nine months. The man brings up the kid, therefore his character and soul comes from the man
@@KAPAK108 am Akan{kwahu) so my statement is correct based upon my experiences in my household.
@@KAPAK108 U are rather giving incorrect fact.
You're right
I feel like bragging after watching this video i'm so proud of my background and heritage it feels good to be able to claim an identity I feel bad for our African americans counterparts who were robbed of this.
The best way for u to become satisfied about this topic is vry simple.. Just Google it ur self and you will get all the best information there.....
Twi rates vry higher than all de languages in Ghana bcuz abt 50% of the entire population are Akans.. And they all speak twi.. Weather fante or Bono or Akuapem... So far as u can speak twi.. U can understand the rest with the exception of nzema n few of them..
13:45 yep she definitely Ewe. She has the info at her fingertips on them.
I can see your guest is well vested in Fante but has little information about the other akan languages. The truth is that anyone who speaks any of the "TWIs" can can understand (asante, bono, akwapem, Kwahu,...)twi and fante because it sounds more like same language with different accents. It's however worth noting that a twi speaker will have problems understanding some few akan languages such as nzema and sefwi although they are part of the akan language. I lived in the bono region during my schooling years and they also have differences within the bono just like what your guest said about the fantes. The bono spoken in Techiman is totally different from what is spoken in "German" but the beauty of the language is once you speak any one of them, u can understand about 80+ percent of what the other is saying and they can equally understand u.
But aside everything, your guest did a good job with the information he put out there. And he kept the conversation interesting. Kudos to him
it’s the same TWI. In America and UK they have different english accents same as the Akan Twi , it’s just a different accent
The Techiman people are the actual Bono people. Ahafo and the rest all migrated from the Asante Empire. And they still identify themselves as Asante’s
Della go and find Kwaku Manu to explain to you, he's an actor and also Utuber in Ghana, if you have not heard of him, lol
18:05 Ewe are seen as voltarian in Ghana?
Twi is the language spoken by all Akans. We have the Asante twi, Akuapen Twi, Fanti Twi etc. Please don't see twi as different language. Get proper information so you don't mislead. Akan is a group of people with a lot of similarities. The way they dress, eat, interact and even the clan or tribe they belong.
Its an ethnic group not tribe
A few years ago, we were in Belize and the driver who drove us around said his grandmother used to make fufu (same name). You can take the African out of Africa but you cannot take Africa out of the African!
@Deshone Robinson Get lost.
@Deshone Robinson The Garifunas (which the Belizean who was our tour guide is a descendant of) were not indigenes.
@Deshone Robinson They migrated to Belize from St. Vincent. They are not ingenious to Belize.
@Deshone Robinson are you Belizean? Or are you saying the Belizean who was telling us about his ancestral roots doesn't know what he was talking about?
If you have hidden history to share, do share. From what I know, they have African roots.
@Deshone Robinson 🤔
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13:56 The guy should be looking her in the face when he answers, is he shy? Just so she does not get offended it is polite to look the person in the face.
Twi is the general Akan language and from it, the different dialects. So We have Asante Twi, Kwahu Twi, Fanti Twi, Akuapem Twi and so on so forth. Akan therefore is a nation made up of linked but different tribes and linked languages.
There is no such thing in existence as Fante Twi. Akan is the language
@@Tu51ndBl4d3 Wait, but Akan is the peoples, so its the Akan language. They are related though
Did you watch the video
Hello ma’am, I think your guest only spoke about stereotypes. You should try and research find and interview people who are averse in these so you don’t create any confusion
You are right.
I agree, you have to do it again: Corrections
Bro, you were talking about dialects.
We should used Khamatic as the universal Afrakan language just Cheik Anta Diop said in the 1960's but the scholars that came behind dropped the ball. Twi should be the official language of Ghana with Khamatic taught as secondary and used as universal language. Then AndaGa 3rd option for those interested, all other major additional languages that encompass a particular region must be set as alternative to Ga or if choosen with Ga at all school levels. Foreign nonAfrakanu languages should be an option for those that want to learn for what ever reason after mandatory Twi and Khamatic. So for example all school teach Twi and Khamatic and offer Ga as a 3rd option if they wish but in a school in a predominantly Ewe territory it must a least have an option of Ewe for all who already have learn Twi and Khamatic. So all can fairly preserve language yet mobilize under a native indigenous Afrakanu tongue and still function universally using Khamatic. Yes it's pathic operating under an oppressor's tongue, mindset, neurolinguisted program. Be real Afrakans or Afrakanu, Sankofa, we reach back for what we need now. We should know by now what benefits us to resurrect and what we must adjust from the past to sustain us and propel us forward. Find a way to incorporate isusu tradition into national banking system continue to build the economy and forward straight ahead. Afraka's concept of people's governance,courts, economy and way of life and Afrakan indigenous language. That means no loan words from none Afrakan languages unless absolutely necessary.
To accomplish is set a five year plan for conversion of government and major companies and industry in five years. Then completely conversion in the five years after that.
Gen 36:27 The children of Ezer [are] these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
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I’m a northerner but I could explain this better than this guy. Fanti is the only dialect that once understood and spoken one can understand and speak the rest of the Akan dialect. I have lived and schooled in Central region, his Fanti is not even fluent lol
I agree! If you learn Fantse you can understand twi perfectly and also be able to comprehend /(at least 50%) other Akan languages. I was very shocked when I found out I could understand the words in Meiway's songs when I didn't even speak Nzema or Enyi.
@@abee6503 am a fante but I don't understand Twi perfectly
@@abee6503 woboa
The Denkyria are not Fantis but good talk
That's not what he said. The denkyira joined the Fante empire during Asante expansion. Denkyrias have generally integrated into Fante society
Came to find out I have akan in my dna
We jamaicans have ancestors from the Alan people
Not all Jamaicans. Some are from Nigeria and other West African Countries as well.
Akan
Finally someone to explain to people that Fante is a language on its own and not a sub dialect of Twi
Fante is twi they came from teachiman the teachiman bono is the same as fante twi is not for Ashantes it give to all akans languages bono twi
@@adjeikuffor4467 is not true.... don't throw dust to people eyes........ how come Fante Twi is the same as Bono Twi.....
@@BaffourKantankaTv do you no teachiman they're bono have some fante words you don't no teachimans and fantes are the same peoples
@@adjeikuffor4467 not sure what you mean
Bono, Asante and Akuapem Twi are more intelligible to each other than Fante is to the Bono language.
Some probable reasons why,
1. Fante were one of the first break away groups to leave Bono. This happened around a millenia ago
2. There is a greater distance between Where the Fante settled than to that of at least the Asante.
3. The Fante encountered various Guan people in the place where they eventually settled. Some were absorbed by the Fante, hence greater variation in their language. There are also enclaves of Guan groups that still live around the Fante states.
@@BaffourKantankaTv Beacause all Akans came from the Bono people
Alan’s belongs to clan groups I know about few like Oyoko Aduana Asekyere agona bretuo asenie every Akan belongs to this named clan that Identifies your position in your community
NaturalGirl please get historians to give us better understanding of the languages. School of linguistics
All Akans in Ghana speak Twi,,,,,,,,WE have types of twi,,fante Twi,asante Twi,akuapim Twi and many more,,,, ALSO all Akans across the world's speak Twi,,,like in ivory coast the boule people also speak Twi just that colonization has changed it a bit but there are similarities with ours,,, same as all Akans across the world,,,,,,AKAN IS AN ETHNIC GROUP,,,,,it also means the enlightened people,,,,, AKANS are the Genesis of Africa,,,,we always show the path for others to follow,,,,most tribes in Africa were born out of the AKAN
There is nothing like Fante Twi
@@kwekuabban6290 please my good friend lemme help you with this one, TWI is actually the language for ALL the AKAN tribe..... i repeat TWI IS THE LANGUAGE FOR ALL AKAN PEOPLE.. now within the the AKAN tribes we have a lot of tribes(sub tribes ) like fante, asante,nzema,akuapem etc... they all speak twi but the twi differs .. so therefore the type of twi spoken in a particular sub tribe is determined by the name of that sub tribe... so we have ASANTE TWI(from asante), FANTE TWI(from fante), akuapem twi etc.. but the ASANTE TWI id very popular that's why we consider it to be the language of the AKAN... stop deceiving people here if you dont know somthing please
Does anybody know which tribe..was mostly affected by kidnapping? Somehow I think she (my grandmama) hooked up with somebody in Ireland but still trying to make the connection. Where can I research? TIA
It cuts across watch more videos on CZcams about it
Is dela a male or female name, I had a male classmate called Dela while growing up in Tema
Most Ewe names are unisex.
@@tvs9978 thanks
10:51 is Ghana girl, Ewe?
And they say you only mingle with Ewe people? Lol.
Don't mind them.
stop it
😂 I got love for all tribes
Akans are matrilenial. If you speak one Akan language, you can understand almost all the languages in Akan. All the tribes in akan have variations of their language, only the Asantes have one dialect, there are no variations of Asante. However, Fanti is not Twi. Some Voltarians are Akans, or Asantes, and owe allegiance to The Asantehene. War took them to the Volta R. hence the Akan names, Just like people in Koforidua, are Asantes, same circumstance.
please my good friend lemme help you with this one, TWI is actually the language for ALL the AKAN tribe..... i repeat TWI IS THE LANGUAGE FOR ALL AKAN PEOPLE.. now within the the AKAN tribes we have a lot of tribes(sub tribes ) like fante, asante,nzema,akuapem etc... they all speak twi but the twi differs .. so therefore the type of twi spoken in a particular sub tribe is determined by the name of that sub tribe... so we have ASANTE TWI(from asante), FANTE TWI(from fante), akuapem twi etc.. but the ASANTE TWI id very popular that's why we consider it to be the language of the AKAN... stop deceiving people here if you dont know somthing please
The truth of the matter is, Akan in its self is tribe. What we hav are groupings according to families and settlements tht grew of different Akan people. We speak one language - Twi, and the geography and isolation and other factors impacted on the variations in how we speak or twi.
There is one tribe, with different settlements. Before there was an Ashanti tribe, there were just Akan towns and settlements who Obiri Yeboah convinced to come together and then Osei Tutu and Kongo Anokye finished that job of unity because these Akan settlements we’re paying tributes to their fellow Akan settlement, the Denkyira people, and wanted to come to getter and resist them, and hence the Ashanti empire was established, if I say my timeline is Ashanti, I’m kidding myself seeing how it came to be, we are Akans that came together for a reason, furthermore, there are Akan settlements tht floated amongst different tribes, some tht joined Ashanti later and some that left to establish their own or join others, so we can’t truly say they are a tribe or others are tribes. They are groupings who agreed to come together but we are Akans and we speak twi with varieties. The Fantes twi is closer to the original twi, yiu will notice this when you study twi, Asante twi has many who cuts with adjectives and adverbs shortened wheres as Fantes tend to Pronounce these adjectives and adverbs etc. So we are one tribe
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Akan is a ethnic group not a tribe
Tribe is more or less a derogatory term deliberately used by europeans to undermine the powerful cultures they found in other parts of the world.
Akan and the various subgroups as well as every other ethnic groups in Ghana cannot be described as tribes.
They were complex states with semi-democratic polities, the kings elected rather than simply imposed. These states were highly organised and sophisticated. These features do not fit the description of a tribe
I think Bono twi is the original twi
15:58 Accra is Ga land? Ok interesting.
Mfati is twi to
Fanti, bono and fante is the same just different ascent. Akan is mixed of tribes and Kingdoms. Asanti Kingdom, bono Kingdom.
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Great job for doing that. But Point of correction you did not elaborate the history of the kente clothes and how it came to be. The kente is a typical invention by the Ashantis. Pls find the story I can't get into details rt here. Hit me up on my email and we can discuss that.Thanks.
The Ewes also have their Kente
@@tvs9978 the ewes didn't have kente in the way we know it. All the tribes had a form of cloth weaving, but the ashantis developed a complex method, taking apart expensive imported silk during the trans-saharan trade and using the yarns to weave specifically for their royalty. The name comes from being woven like the basket which is kenten in the ashanti language. Now tell me, between the akans and ewes who learned from each other the cloth wearing culture as is practised in southern ghana 🇬🇭? If the akans learned cloth wearing from ewes, then I'll surely give the kente invention to them; if it's the akans who did, then you'll automatically know who did the invention. It's that simple.