Akan people

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.

1. ↑ "Ghana", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2023-05-16, retrieved 2023-05-19