Nana Kwame Edu VI, Tufohen of Oguaa Traditional Area has posited that, any Akan Chief must be someone without blemish and as such a person with gay tendencies cannot be installed as a Development ...

Indeed, an Akan chief’s golden paraphernalia, most of it between 8 and 12 carats, is usually seen as the property of the traditional state. (During wars, the gold would sometimes be melted down ...

Margaret Ivy Amoakohene, Contemporarising ɔhene tene (the Akan chief’s procession) as political communication, Legon Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 29, No. 2 (2018), pp. 54-80 ...

Some reports say the Akan Drum could have been a gift to a ship's captain or it was transported by an Akan chief as most slaves were not allowed to carry things like drums when they were sold.

In Akan culture, the lineage head must be informed of all deaths occurring in the lineage. He must, in turn, inform the chief and other authorities of the polity (village or town) ...

Imprecation, or curse by spoken word, is a common practice in some Ghanaian cultures, especially among the Akan. ... But when you have to die, you will die,” said the Chief Priest.