Africa, African Anthropology - General Resources
By peoples
The peoples of Africa are often described in terms of their ethnic background or their languages. There are several thousand ethnic groups in Africa, ranging in physical stature from the short Pygmies to the tall Maasai, each with its own cultural traditions. Here are only a few of them.
Akan Akuapem Akye Anyi Aowin Asante Babanki Baga Bali Bamana Bamileke Bamum Bangubangu Bangwa Baule Beembe Bembe Berber Bidyogo Bobo Bushoong Bwa Chokwe Dan Diamande Dogon Eket Fang Fante Fon Frafra Fulani Hausa Hemba Holoholo Ibibio Idoma Igbira Igbo Ijo Kabre Karagwe Kassena Katana Kom Kongo Kota Kuba Kusu Kwahu Kwere Laka Lega Lobi Luba Luchazi Luluwa Lunda Luvale Lwalwa Maasai Makonde Mambila Mangbetu Manja Mbole Mende Mitsogo Mossi Mumuye Ngbaka Nkanu Nok Nuna Oron Owo Pende Pokot Punu San Senufo Shambaa Shona Songo Songye Suku Swahili Tabwa Tuareg Urhobo We Wimiama Wodaabe Wolof Woyo Wum Yaka Yombe Yoruba Zaramo Zulu
Please note: Some of the peoples and associations presented here are so closely related that more than one topic heading may apply. For example, The Akan people are given a page of their own, yet the Asante ( Ashanti ) are also an Akan people, as are the Akuapem. So, a full search for the 'Akan' may involve looking at pages dedicated to sub-groups as well. Some sub-group pages may contain only a link or two, but they are still part of a much larger picture.
You will find a similar relationship among some of other peoples listed here. This is a case where a little advanced knowledge of the subject may be an advantage when using these pages.
Akan __ "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." Some history and culture. - From ethnographica.com - http://www.ethnographica.com/pages/Akan8.php?project_id=8
Akan Architecture 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." - illustrated - From G. F. Kojo Arthur and Robert Rowe - http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/akanadansie.html
Akan Cultural Symbols Project Title Page __ About the Akan of Ghana and the Ivory Coast and their use of symbols. Sections cover architecture, metal casting, textiles and wood carving. - illustrated - http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/
Akan Ethnic Group __ "The Akan people occupy practically
the whole of Ghana south and west of the Black Volta. Historical
accounts suggest that Akan groups migrated from the north to occupy the
forest and coastal areas of the south as early as the thirteenth
century. Some of the Akan ended up in the eastern section of Côte
d'Ivoire, where they created the Baule community." A good look at
history, culture and more. - illustrated - from Atidekate Community
Development Organization -
http://www.atidekate.com/Ashanti/Akan.html
Akan Golden Weights __ "The Akan Gold Weights can be seen as classic
representations of the depth and dimensions of African material culture.
The weights are symbols of conventionalized reflections, each weight
signifying specific meanings." A brief look. - illustrated - From
library.cornell.edu -
http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/Writing_Systems/akan.html
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Akan Language Bibliography Page __ A bibliography - From Michigan State University - http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/Handbook/Akan-bib.htm
Akan language in Ghana __ Map with the geographic distribution of Ghanaian languages. - illustrated - From University of Zurich - http://www.unizh.ch/spw/afrling/akandic/LMAPGH.HTM
Akan Lineage Organization __ "The Akan are best known
for their colorful kingdoms, which are located throughout the forest
zones of southern Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. The tropical environment has
supplied them with valuable resources for both commercial cocoa farming,
a recent economic innovation, and gold mining, which in former times
supported regal opulence and pageantry. The Ashanti empire, the largest
and most powerful of the precolonial polities, owes its prominence to is
location within the region's richest goldfields. The traditional kingdom
remains an important national cultural and political force and is
inseparably tied to the structures and functions of the matrilineal
descent system which forms the foundation for the Akan social order." -
From University of Manitoba -
http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/tutor/case_studies/akan/lineage.html
Akan People __ "Among the Akan-speaking peoples of southern Ghana and
adjacent Côte d'Ivoire ritual pottery and figurative terracottas are
used in connection with funeral practices that date at least to the
1600s. Much of what we know about ancient Akan customs comes to us in
the form of oral histories which have survived for several hundred
years." For now, this site has a brief overview of Akan history only. -
From University of Iowa -
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Akan.html
Akan social Organization __ "The Akan have developed elaborate stratification systems based upon the maintenance of hereditary status tied to their political order that represents a form that anthropologists call a ranked society. The principle positions consist chiefly of titles arranged in a graded hierarchy from the king who rules over the entire state, to divisional chiefs heading subordinate regions, to town chiefs at the bottom of the administrative ladder. - From University of Manitoba - http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/tutor/case_studies/akan/index.html
The Culture of Ghana - Akan History and Asanti People __ "Akan, a "pure" heritage, is one of the most ancient cultures in Africa. These African people live predominately in the countries of Ghana and Ivory Coast with many descendants now living in Europe and the USA." A good look. - illustrated - from globalvolunteers.org - http://www.globalvolunteers.org/1main/ghana/ghanaculture.htm
Ghanaian Akan Names __ "Akan is a language mostly spoken
in southern Ghana. In Akan one of the names a person is given depends on
his or her day of the week of birth, and the person's gender.
Consequently there are only fourteen of these Akan names." Learn what
your name would be. - from MIM -
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/carroll/17/akan_names.htm
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