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Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 10:19pm On Jan 15, 2013 |
ivorian225: @ Syb check this link, http://www.afromotion.net/movies/country/39/recent u can watch ivorians, burkinabe, nigeria, ghana movies mercii ivo je vais regarde ca kan jarriv ch8 o skul actu...t a la maison? 1 Like |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 10:42pm On Jan 15, 2013 |
Sybellah:Yes, tomorrow les vrai choz commence pour moi, beginning of semestre 2 1 Like |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 10:50pm On Jan 15, 2013 |
ivorian225: Yes, tomorrow les vrai choz commence pour moi, beginning of semestre 2 aah kk, fo po yohi ca alle 1 Like |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 10:53pm On Jan 15, 2013 |
Sybellah:thanks sista 1 Like |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 10:58pm On Jan 15, 2013 |
ivorian225: thanks sista ya welcome 1 Like |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 7:09pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
Akan from the diaspora Ndjuka/Boni or Aluku pple from Surinam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au3JenTGu_Y 1 Like |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 8:33pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
Sybellah: Akan from the diasporatres impressionant!!!! 1 Like |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 8:35pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
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Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 9:05pm On Jan 18, 2013 |
Ivorian Akan
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Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 9:06pm On Jan 18, 2013 |
ghana
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Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 1:10am On Jan 19, 2013 |
Nice pic bro, keep em coming 1 Like |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 1:19am On Jan 19, 2013 |
Sybellah: Nice pic bro, keep em comingthe 1 and the 3 pic it's in abidjan (fête de generation) 1 Like |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by BlackKenichi(m): 3:14am On Jan 19, 2013 |
Sybellah: My type of women! 1 Like |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 3:29am On Jan 19, 2013 |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by BlackKenichi(m): 3:53am On Jan 19, 2013 |
Sybellah: Jamaica That video made me laugh! Especially the old man eyeing up the woman! |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 4:08am On Jan 19, 2013 |
Black Kenichi: is the kromanti language higly different of patois? can u speak patois and based on that, can u understand him? |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by BlackKenichi(m): 5:04am On Jan 19, 2013 |
Sybellah: Kromanti is very different from Patois. Kromanti is basically the remnant of Akan Languages while Jamaican Patois is really a bastardised version of English with heavy West African influence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_Patois http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_words_in_Jamaican_Patois I can speak Jamaican Patois and understand it for the most part. From the old man on the video it was kinda hard to understand him but I got the jist of it. 1 Like |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 9:13pm On Jan 19, 2013 |
Black Kenichi: aa ok I c, thank u for the clarification From the link, it seems that there are more akan and igbo words than other languages i think by akan they mean twi, cuz except for anansi (spider), nana and poto-poto i dunno the other words Have u been to Jamaica before? is there any other languages as traditional as kromanti? or this is the only language the maroon speak? |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by BlackKenichi(m): 9:36pm On Jan 19, 2013 |
Sybellah: I haven't been to Jamaica but I'm going there probably about August. As for the languages of Jamaica there are some rumours that Igbo and Kikongo languages remained in some of the Maroons. From the link, it seems that there are more akan and igbo words than other languagesThat's basically what Jamaicans are - Akan, Igbo, Bakongo and Mbundu! 1 Like |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 9:37pm On Jan 19, 2013 |
The dances are very similar Ndjuka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXjpQNNh9_o vs Baoule https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAW8JBNnxQk |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 9:43pm On Jan 19, 2013 |
Black Kenichi: uumh interesting... |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 11:59am On Jan 21, 2013 |
Ivorian akan style
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Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 12:21am On Jan 22, 2013 |
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Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 12:43pm On Jan 22, 2013 |
Sybellah:avant j'aimais pas cepagne kita mais la franchement je trouve que c'est joli |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 3:52pm On Jan 24, 2013 |
ivorian225: avant j'aimais pas cepagne kita mais la franchement je trouve que c'est joli pourtant il est bien beau ce pagne, enfin je trouve. Et le gars l'a bien mis en valeur, j'aime bien ses bijoux. He looks majestic 1 Like |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 8:28pm On Jan 24, 2013 |
Sybellah:Yeah, ok check this link and help me to choose a kente for mum for her birthday http://www.ojabtex.fr/pagne-kita--33--n.htm |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 10:05pm On Jan 24, 2013 |
babi225: Yeah, ok check this link and help me to choose a kente for mum for her birthday http://www.ojabtex.fr/pagne-kita--33--n.htm uuumh ok do u know her fav color? this could help I like these ones: [img]http://www.ojabtex.fr/articles/ojabtex/p/_MG_2216_p.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.ojabtex.fr/articles/ojabtex/p/_MG_2219_p.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.ojabtex.fr/articles/ojabtex/p/_MG_2157_p.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.ojabtex.fr/articles/ojabtex/p/_MG_2223_p.jpg[/img] |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 9:54am On Jan 25, 2013 |
Sybellah:ok I really hesitated between them, i think the second is better!!! |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 7:44pm On Jan 25, 2013 |
ivorian225: ok I really hesitated between them, i think the second is better!!! go with the color that will make her skin glow, if she is kind fair go with the one under, if she is darker go with the one up u eliminated the red kente, u dun like red? or u think she ll not like it? aussi ca depend, comment elle va utiliser, elle coud souvent les maxi, si oui le bleu fonce la n'est po mal du tt |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 7:51pm On Jan 25, 2013 |
The Kwahu People Location: Location in Country: Asante are south central, Ashanti Province; Akuapem are southeast, north of Accra; Fante are south central, between Winneba, Takoradi, and Obuasi (Source: Ethnologue 2010) Population in country: 498 000 These info are from joshuaproject, don't know how accurate it is, so if there are things that are not true please correct it Introduction / History The Kwawu live in the northeastern part of the Eastern Region of the Republic of Ghana. Kwawu is sometimes refered to as "Beposo" Hill District because of the Kwawu Scarp which rises from 220m to 640 m above sea level. Kwawus are an Akan people living in southern Ghana. The Kwawu belongs to Ghana's family of Akan states. It is located between longitudes 1 degree West and 0degree 15 East and between latitudes 6 0 30 and 7 0 15 North. In 1988, a political repackaging demarcated Kwawu land into North and South. Kwawu North was further broken into two and renamed Afram Plains North and South Districts. This situation has brought the Kwawu North into disuse, whereby there is now Kwawu South withiuout its North complement. Kwawus are part of the Akan tribes and share a boundary with the Akyem in the South and East and also share a boundary with the Asante in the North and West. There has developed the tendency to describe Kwawu in terms of nuclear and peripheral. Nuclear Kwawu comprises the plateau with steep south facing scarps. The Southern scarp (The Odweanoma scarp) is called the Kwawu Ridge and stretches from Twendurasi in the south-west to Kwawu Tafo in the North - East, a distance for about 20 kilometers; and from Atibie in the south to Abene (the traditional capital) in the north, also some 20 kilometers distant. This area has the district's political capital, Mpraeso, in the heart of it. The name Kwawu became corrupted to Kwawu because the white colonials could not pronounce the name properly. The rise of the early Akan centralized states can be traced to the 13th century and is likely related to the opening of trade routes established to move gold throughout the region. It was not until the end of the 17th century, however, that the grand Asante Kingdom emerged in the central forest region of Ghana, when several small states united under the Chief of Kumasi in a move to achieve political freedom from the Denkyira. The Akan confederacy was dissolved by the British in 1900 and colonized in 1901. Although there is no longer a centralized Akan confederacy, Akan peoples maintain a powerful political and economic presence. The Kwawus were traditionalists before the advent of the Basel Missionaries and quickly converted Christianity.The earliest available documentary mention of Kwawu occurs in a Dutch map of the Gold Coast dated 1629 which entered 'Quahoe' twice though with different descriptions: Quahoe, Rascal people and Quahoe, Rich in gold. What are their beliefs? The people of Kwawu are noted for their celebration of Easter. In fact, Easter is rooted in the Kwawu religious and cultural systems. Traditional Kwawu religion was one of ancestor homage, and the funeral is the biggest rite of passage in the society. Of all the Christian special days, Easter is the most like a funeral. As the Akan become more westernized, and may have spent time in Europe and North America, Christmas (which they first saw as a minor event, like a birth and outdooring) is rapidly becoming more important. The most powerful God in the history of Kwawu is Buruku. He is manifested in an imposing Shrine of Rock, measuring about 500 metres by 300 metres, situated on a hill. It is believed that Buruku sprang from nowhere, one Sunday, to the defence of the Kwawus against war-like communities in the early years of their settlement on the Kwawu Ridge. Buruku was reputed for his spiritual powers and medical expertise. Buruku never used His powers to curse people. In the ancient times, He trained over 200 medical (herbal) practitioners yearly. Buruku used to organise an annual festival at the Akwasidae, which coincided with the start of the farming season (March-April), when Kwawu Chiefs and Citizens came to pay homage to the Chief Priest. The festival was also seen as His blessing for the year's enterprises. Besides the festivity of Buruku, there were other celebrations organised by other Kwawu Priests and Chiefs, beginning from the last Akwasidae of the year to the start of the farming season. For example, there was Eto Pitie at Obo; Akwasidae Kese at Bokuruwa and Abene; and the celebrations of Okomfo YAW at Aduamoa. The festivities at Aduamoa attracted curious scholars who were fascinated by the similarity in names and practices between Okomfo YAW and Jewish God, YAhWh. Okomfo YAW accepted limited animal sacrifice and had no shrine. Colonialism and its practices began to undermine the authority of Buruku, other Priests and Chiefs of Kwawu. There was a forced establishment of missionary headquarters at Kwawu Tafo (Roman Catholic) and Abetifi (Presbyterian), which clashed with local cultures. The Great Oaths of the Kwawus such as "Asaase Aban" (We Rule Our Land) and "Katakyie Wopeko" (Hero, You Like War) inspired them to resist colonialism. The Chief Priest of Buruku was often arrested for his outspokenness. At Twenedurase, Rev. Ramseyer, the founder of Presby Church was shaved by inhabitants and made to carry "aboma" (big drums) due to his disrespect for the Kwawu culture and the festivals. Ramseyer became angry and cursed the Kwawus that they would be among the poorest in Ghana. We now know that history has not proven him right. Gradually, the original meaning and practices of the Kwawu spring celebrations began to erode. Now, the festival has assumed a social character. It is a period of family reunion. It is the moment that people who have been on self-imposed exile even come home. Easter also offers the Kwawus the opportunity to go to their hometowns and be admired for their hard work - new dresses, cars, houses, friendships, etc. Various towns use the occasion to organise fundraising for community development. In this period of economic hardship, it is amazing how the organisers are able to mobilise huge funds for development. Easter is the occasion that most new and completed projects are inaugurated. The chiefs sit in state to receive homage from citizens. Certainly, it is also the occasion that plans are made to get rid of incompetent chiefs. |
Re: Akan Of Ghana And Cote D'ivoire by Nobody: 7:51pm On Jan 25, 2013 |
We all know understand the meaning of Gold coast |
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