{"id":4103,"date":"2020-08-18T10:39:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T09:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=4103"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:07:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:07:19","slug":"lorigine-des-akan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/akan-mythology\/the-origin-of-akan\/","title":{"rendered":"The origin of the Akan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4103\" class=\"elementor elementor-4103\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cca8502 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cca8502\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e328a7\" data-id=\"3e328a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb08658 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fb08658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/akan-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Akan mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20125b4\" data-id=\"20125b4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87f1afa elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"87f1afa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Akan_(peuple)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93a562e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93a562e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-847e077\" data-id=\"847e077\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa75b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fa75b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to E. Meyerowitz, the origin of <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/akan-mythology\/\">Akan<\/a> were descendants of <strong>Dia<\/strong>\u00a0Where\u00a0<strong>Za<\/strong>, from\u00a0<strong>Berbers<\/strong> from Libya and the Gara, who were settled in the Tibesti region. Around the 11th century, they would have emigrated towards the South, under the pressure of the Tuareg, themselves repelled by the Arabs during the conquest of North Africa. These first ancestors first settled in the loop of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-niger-congo-1949\/\">Niger<\/a>, where they made stock and mingled with the native Negroes. However, after the Islamization of the Berbers, the first nucleus of the Akan group once again had to go into exile even further south, among the Grusi.<\/p>\n<p>The origin story of the Akan is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"origin of the akan\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" title=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dff7ab7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dff7ab7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-82ade9d\" data-id=\"82ade9d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c7939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60c7939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/akan-mythology\/the-origin-of-akan\/#Lorigine-des-Akan\" >The origin of the Akan<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lorigine-des-Akan\"><\/span>The origin of the Akan<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5eff6e1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5eff6e1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17f43723\" data-id=\"17f43723\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bcd9e16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bcd9e16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>For Baumann and Westermann, the civilization of these peoples was imposed on them by groups of a dominant race with matriarchy from the North who conquered this part of the coast; These conquerors were visibly related, in the first line, to the matriarchate dynasties of the great Sudanese states, and in the second line, to the Libyco-Berbers (matriarchy) of North Africa.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Let us note in passing that Meyerowitz and Baumann do not give the reasons which make them say that the Akan are descended from the Berbers Dia and Za. For J. Ki-Zerbo: &quot;Around the year 500, says another <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">legend<\/a>, Berber princes or Arabs or Yemen would have arrived on the banks of the bend of the Niger and they would have rid the local residents (Sorko fishermen and Gabibi peasants) of the terror of a fetish fish, which the Sorko fishermen used to extort substantial offerings to their fellow farmers, the Gabibi.<\/p>\n<p>These clans seem to have gone up from the Dendi downstream of the Niger, where they had baptized the two western and eastern banks, respectively the Gourma and the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/hausa-fulani-mythology\/\">Hausa<\/a>; they would originally be part of the surroundings of Chad\u2026 Given the thinness of this external contribution, three characters according to the legend of Yemen, some groups of traders, according to Al-Bakri, had to be assimilated quickly by the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/gao-songhai-mythology\/\">Songhai<\/a>\u00a0&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>L&rsquo;opinion de Meyerowitz et de Baumann repose sur le fait que des populations d&rsquo;origine <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythologie-berbere\/\">berb\u00e8re<\/a>, connaissant le matriarcat, seraient descendues au Sud; Et comme les Akan connaissent un r\u00e9gime parent\u00e9 \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s similaire, ces auteurs n&rsquo;ont pas, un seul instant, manqu\u00e9 d&rsquo;affirmer que ces purs n\u00e8gres \u00e9taient des descendants des Berb\u00e8res. <\/p>\n<p>This conclusion is debatable insofar as it relates on the one hand only to a single fact, and on the other hand matrilineality is not the kinship regime of the Akan alone; Indeed, outside the forest region, populations of the Ivorian savannah (Djimini, Tagwana, Koulango and Lobi) know this system of filiation. Further in Central Africa, the large Bacongo (Bantou) family is also matrilineal, as are smaller human groups.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>History and sociology teach that if animist populations easily change religion, lifestyle and name, it is not the same for Christian and Muslim communities. Nowhere in West Africa is the presence of long-standing Islamized populations (Berbers, Tuaregs and Moors) reported purely and simply to animism. <\/p>\n<p>The populations of Peul origin integrated into the Negro communities of Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Niger and Burkina Faso have kept their language, their names and their religion. Twi, the language of the Akan, is different from the Semitic languages of North Africa; The vast majority of Akan populations and their leaders are still animists.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Akan people, until proven otherwise, are not the product of any racial interbreeding, unlike the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/hausa-fulani-mythology\/\">Fulani<\/a>, Tuaregs and Moors. The opinion of the Akan, as to their origin, remains different from the versions mentioned above; their oral tradition does not mention anywhere that these people are descended from populations of the white race. They recognize, however, that their ancestors came from the north, from a region or country called\u00a0<strong>Agniwan-gniwan<\/strong>. Many localities bear this name both in Ghana and in the Ivory Coast ... Others believe that if these localities bear this name, it is in memory of the country of origin located further in time and in the space.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Akan admit having experienced many displacements in West Africa. We do not know when the first Akan settled in the Gulf of Guinea, but we know for sure that the mining researchers of SODEMI of Abidjan have discovered, in the lagoon regions of the Ivory Coast. , non-pygmoid human remains associated with gold art objects of Akan origin. These archaeological elements were sent to Sweden, to Upsala, to be studied: carbon 14 revealed that certain human elements were several centuries before our era (around -1200) which shows that the Akan ethnic groups therefore already existed in C\u00f4te-d &#039;Ivory 2000 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mythologie Akan Wiki Selon E. Meyerowitz, l&rsquo;origine des Akan furent des descendants des Dia\u00a0ou\u00a0Za, des\u00a0Berb\u00e8res de Libye et des Gara, &hellip; <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4092,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24940,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4103\/revisions\/24940"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}