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Cult of the Dead

General Character of Religion

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Spirits and Gods

Prayers and Sacrifices

Composition of Population

Residence

Household

Lineages

Climate

Writing

Executive Household

Prophets and Ascetics

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Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

Woodworking

Production and Supply

Occupational Specialization

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Form and Rules of Government

Chief Executive

Population

Bibliographies in Sources

Ceramic Technology

Division of Labor by Gender

Social Control

Inter-Community Relations

Wrongs

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Judicial Authority

Settlement Patterns

Rules of Descent

Clans

Inheritance

Organization and Analysis of Results

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Animism

Purification and Atonement

Organized Ceremonial

Military Organization

External Trade

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Magicians and Diviners

Priesthood

Theory of Disease

Medical Therapy

Medical Personnel

Ethnosociology

External Relations

Instigation of War

Identification

Location

Topography and Geology

Commercial Facilities

Marketing

Mercantile Business

Wholesale Marketing

Labor Supply and Employment

Metallurgy

Smiths and Their Crafts

General Tools

Weights and Measures

Glossary

Material Not Relevant

Naming

Status, Role, and Prestige

Basis of Marriage

Nuclear Family

Social Placement

Dwellings

Highways and Bridges

Linguistic Identification

Slavery

External Migration

History

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Routes

Revolution

Transmission of Messages

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Music

Cultural Identity and Pride

Serfdom and Peonage

Taxation and Public Income

Political Parties

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Flora

Arboriculture

Ethnopsychology

Tillage

Real Property

Age Stratification

Gender Status

Community Structure

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Legal Norms

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CULTURE SUMMARY: AKAN

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ORIENTATION

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KINSHIP

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DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

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DOMESTIC UNIT

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The Akan live between the Volta river and the Atlantic coast in southern and central Ghana and in southeastern C&ocirc;te d'Ivoire. They include a large number of ethnic groups, the most well-known of which are the Ashanti (Asante) and the Fanti (Fante). The Akan share a common language, Twi, which belongs to the Akan branch of the Kwa subfamily of the Niger-Congo family of languages. The Akan peoples have a long history beginning around 1000 AD with the migration of Twi-speaking Gbon people from the Niger bend south to the Ghanaian coast where various kingdoms were founded in succession.The different ecological zones have contrasting types of agriculture. In the south there has been widespread development of major commercial crops.

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