Akan people
ethnic group in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Akan people mostly live in Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in West Africa.[1] They speak the Akan language (also known as Twi/Fante). Subgroups of the Akan people include: the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Ashanti, Bono, Fante, Kwahu, Wassa, and Ahanta. The Akan subgroups all have a lot in common; most notably tracing matrilineal descent in the inheritance of property, and for succession to high political office.
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