Asante, also known as Ashanti, Ashante, or Asante Twi, is one of the principal members of the Akan dialect continuum. It is one of the three mutually intelligible...
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bullion. In the Asante dialect of Twi, Asantefo; singular masculine: Asantenibarima, singular feminine: Asantenibaa. The name Asante "warlike" is traditionally...
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up asante in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Asante may refer to: Asante people, an ethnic group in Ghana Asante (name) Asante dialect, a dialect of...
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Akwapi, is one of the principal members of the Akan dialect continuum, along with Bono and Asante, with which it is collectively known as Twi, and Fante...
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Twi (redirect from Twi dialect)
common name for mutually intelligible former literary dialects of the Akan language of Bono, Asante and Akuapem. Akuapem, as the first Akan variety to be...
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Golden Stool (redirect from Asante royal thrones)
ultimate symbol of power in Asante. According to legend, Okomfo Anokye, High Priest and one of the two chief founders of the Asante Confederacy, caused the...
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Boakye-Dankwa was from Kentinkyere in Ashanti and was also the Brehyia Duke of Asante. Nana Kwame Boakye-Dankwa died on 1 January 2002, in Kumasi, Ashanti. Otumfuo...
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Ashanti Empire (redirect from Asante Confederacy)
The Asante Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman), today commonly called the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day...
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people and a major dialect of the Akan dialect continuum, and thus mutually intelligible with the principal Akan dialects of Asante and Akuapem, collectively...
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Mfantse, is one of the four principal members of the Akan dialect continuum, along with Asante, Bono and Akuapem, the latter three collectively known as...
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was worn by the king of Gyaman, and its usage spread from Bono Gyaman to Asante and other Akan kingdoms following its defeat. It is said that the guild...
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ceremonies. Kente comes from the word kenten, which means "basket" in the Asante dialect of the Akan language, referencing its basket-like pattern. In Ghana...
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Ashanti people Ashanti names Asante dialect Twi language Demographics Education KNUST Health care Akrafena Alkayida Adowa Dwa Kente clothing Anansi the...
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2002-06-25. Retrieved 2022-08-14. "Ashanti Golden Stool". pbs.org. "Ashanti/Asante Stool" (PDF). rietveldacademie.nl. Melvin F. Compton (9 February 2010)....
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Ashanti people Ashanti names Asante dialect Twi language Demographics Education KNUST Health care Akrafena Alkayida Adowa Dwa Kente clothing Anansi the...
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Ashanti people Ashanti names Asante dialect Twi language Demographics Education KNUST Health care Akrafena Alkayida Adowa Dwa Kente clothing Anansi the...
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dedicated to her, instead, she is worshipped in the agricultural fields of the Asante and other Akans. Asase is highly respected amongst Akans. Sacrifices are...
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March 2015. Kaminski, Joseph S. (2014-12-01). "Sound Barrage: Threshold to Asante Sacred Experience through Music". International Review of the Aesthetics...
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Ashanti people Ashanti names Asante dialect Twi language Demographics Education KNUST Health care Akrafena Alkayida Adowa Dwa Kente clothing Anansi the...
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counter-attacks. In one unusual incident in 1741 however, the armies of Asante and Akyem agreed to schedule a battle while they jointly assigned some 10...
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Ashanti people Ashanti names Asante dialect Twi language Demographics Education KNUST Health care Akrafena Alkayida Adowa Dwa Kente clothing Anansi the...
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Ashanti people Ashanti names Asante dialect Twi language Demographics Education KNUST Health care Akrafena Alkayida Adowa Dwa Kente clothing Anansi the...
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in parts of Côte d'Ivoire. Four dialects have been developed as literary standards with distinct orthographies: Asante, Akuapem, Bono (collectively known...
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person's soul or life-force (kra), unique to the person. It was used in the Asante military for close combat. It did not have a sharp tip, instead having one...
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West African state in what is now southern Ghana Ashanti dialect or Asante, a literary dialect of the Akan language of southern Ghana Ashanti Region, a...
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intelligible with Fante, Akuapem, Asante, and Abron, the latter three which are collectively known as Twi. Its dialects include Amenfi and Fianse. Wasa...
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/a/ produced by vowel harmony with ATR vowels is not itself ATR in Asante dialect, but nonetheless is markedly distinct from the [a] allophone. It is...
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other trade cities together. The Ashanti people invented the Fontomfrom, an Asante talking drum, and the Akan Drum. The predominant means of travel within...
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resembling that of Osafo-Maafo expressing ethnocentric comments in the Asante dialect went viral in the media and on the internet. The recording was done...
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from KNUST College of Engineering Alex Mould, CEO of Ghana Gas Benjamin Asante Charles Darku, former CEO of Tullow Ghana Limited Amma Darko, the novelist...
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