What is Akan people?
The '''Akan''' people mostly live in [[Ghana]] and in parts of [[Ivory Coast]] and [[Togo]] in West Africa.<ref>{{Citation|title=Ghana|date=2023-05-16|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ghana/|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|language=en|access-date=2023-05-19}}</ref> They speak the [[Akan language]] (also known as ''Twi/Fante''). Subgroups of the Akan people include: the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Ashanti, Bono, Fante, Kwahu, Wassa, and Ahanta. The Akan subgroups all have a lot in common; most notably tracing [[Matrilineality|matrilineal]] descent in the [[inheritance]] of property, and for succession to high political office. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Ethnic groups in Ghana]]