Akwamu was a state set up by the Akwamu people in present-day Ghana. After migrating from Bono state, the Akan founders of Akwamu settled in Twifo-Heman...

The Akwamu people are an Akan ethnic group in Ghana. They are native around the border between the Eastern and Volta Regions. The Akwamu founded an empire...

where the present Akwamu capital. The Akyems, especially the elite forces known as the Abuakwas but also the Kotokus, fought the Akwamus and emerged victorious...

List of rulers of the Akan (Bron) state of Akwamu (formerly Twifo-Heman) Territory comprised part of present-day southern Ghana Akan people Ghana Gold...

Niger–Congo family. Subgroups of the Akan people include: the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi, Ashanti, Baoulé, Bono, Chakosi, Fante, Kwahu, Sefwi, Wassa...

of Akwamu against local Accrans, who received support from the Danes at Fort Christiansborg. The assault resulted in military failure for the Akwamu, mainly...

cities, the Akwamu were centralized, and had one supreme ruler. The unity of the Akwamu, and the highly sophisticated army that the Akwamu had at their...

Frankadua, together with Frankadua’s Queen Mother and the Paramount Chief of Akwamu, H.R.H. Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III, affirmed Earnest as “Kpogo Afenya I,” later...

alloys. Oral accounts place the formation of the Akwamu state between the 16th and 17th centuries. Akwamu established its capital at Asamankese, where it...

Breffu (possibly derived from Twi, Baffour) was an Akwamu leader of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John (then known as St. Jan) in Danish West Indies...

States Virgin Islands) on November 23, 1733, when 150 African slaves from Akwamu, in present-day Ghana, revolted against the owners and managers of the island's...

they were born. This is due to influence of the Akan people such as the Akwamu and others. Local languages are used as the many languages of instruction...

the Akwamuhene of the Akwamu people, as well as his official residence. It is currently occupied by the current king of Akwamu state, Odeneho Kwafo Akoto...

king. It is thought to originate with the Akan state of Akwamu. It is still used amongst the Akwamu and now the Asante people. Qhapaq, written as Capac in...

Okomfo Anokye, his original name Kwame Anokye Frimpon Kotobre — Amos Anti, "Akwamu, Denkyira, Akuapem, and Ashanti in the Lives of Osei Tutu and Okomfo Anokye"...

Akwamu expansion in Ghana started between 1629 and 1710. The powerful king Otumfuo Ansa Sasraku I annexed the Guan and took over the traditional areas...

Nanabin Sign Ghana (Gold Coast) Abbé, Abidji, Ahafo, Ahanta, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Alladian, Anyi, Ashanti, Assin, Attie, Avikam, Baoulé, Bonos, Chakosi...

invasion by the Moroccans. Bonoman gave birth to numerous Akan states such as Akwamu, Akyem, Fante, and Adansi, among others. The Kingdom of Zimbabwe gave way...

Coast Languages Bono Twi, English, French Religion Bono Ancestral worship and spirituality, Christianity Related ethnic groups Fante people, Akwamu, Akan...

Denkyira (Western North region), Mankessim Kingdom (Central region), and Akwamu (Eastern region). By the 19th century, the territory of the southern part...

College of Education, Asokore St. Ambrose College of Education, Dormaa Akwamu, Dormaa Municipal District (newly absorbed college, 2016) St. Francis College...

Akwamufie is the ceremonial state and seat capital of the Akwamu people. It is located along the Akuapim-Togo range, the Volta River and in the Eastern...

festival". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-01-27. "Ghana Ethnic Groups, Akwamu". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27. "About". Ada Asafotufiami Festival...

multi-ethnic people were given the name Akuapem by Nana Ansa Sasraku I of Akwamu, a renowned warrior king. The word "thousand groups" (Nkuu apem) in Akan...

world. In the forest zone, several states and empires such as Bono State, Akwamu and others emerged. The Ashanti Empire arose in the 18th century in modern-day...

474 Akkadian Empire 2334 BC 2154 BC 180 Aksumite Empire 150 BC 960 1110 Akwamu 1629 1867 238 Alaouite Dynasty 1631 Present 392 Almohad Caliphate 1130 1269...

one of the first significant slave rebellions in the New World when Akan–Akwamu slaves from the Gold Coast (modern Ghana) took over the island for six months...

while the Akwamu dominated trade with Europeans in Eastern Ghana. The Denkyira state dominated the neighboring states apart from the Fante, Akwamu and Akyem...

hill unto the hopeless Akwamu regiment at Nsakye as they advanced. Unable to withstand the shock of this highland change, the Akwamu forces broke, scattered...

thereafter, the fort changed ownership between Denmark-Norway, Portugal, the Akwamu, Britain, and finally post-Independence Ghana. Under Denmark–Norway control...