The sacred state of the Akan |
Contents
Introducing the Akan People | 21 |
The Concept of the State and its Basic | 27 |
The State based on a Territorial and Military | 33 |
Copyright | |
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Abrafo abusua Adae Adinkera Aduana Agya Ahenfie Akan Akrafohene Akwamu Akyeame Akyeamehene Akyerekyere Ameyaw ancestors Asaase Afua Asaase Yaa Asante Asantehene Asantehene's Ashanti Ashanti Confederacy Asine beads Bono Bono Kingdom Bono-Mansu Bonohene brass called centre ceremony chiefs clan cloth crescent moons crux decussata dance death decorated deity earth elders female festival fire girls given Giver Gold Coast gold ornaments gold-dust golden Golden Stool Goldweight Gonja Gyaasehene hene High-Priest king and queenmother king's Korontihene Kumasi Kumbu libation life-giving Mampon matrilineal mother Nana ntoro ntoro cult Ntowa Nyame Nyame's Nyankopon Odwira olden days Oman Omanhene Omanhene's Opoku Ware palace palm wine prayer priestesses priests queenmother's Rattray regarded represented rites river sacred Sannaa sheep shrine silver soul spiral spirit stool symbol Taa Kese Taa Kora Takyiman Takyimanhene Tano Tano River Tano's Tanoboase to-day town tree Tuobodom Tuobodomhene Twifo-Heman Wankyi weights women worship yams