Akanfo Ayiyɛ
- Wɔakyerɛw nsɛm yi wɔ Akuapem kasa mu
Akanfo ayiyɛ yɛ guasodeyɛ a Akanfo a wɔwɔ Ghana yɛ ma obi a wawu anaa w'afiri mu.
Akanfo gye di sɛ owu yɛ ade a ɛka obi biara. Ɛno nti Akanfo ka nsɛm te sɛ 'Owu antweri obiako mforo' ne 'Owu nkrante nndɔ obiako'[1].
Akanfo Gyidi
sesaAkanfo gye di sɛ onipa biara yɛ nipadua a honhom te ne mu. Ɛno nti bere a obi awu no ne honam no nkutoo na awu na ne honhom de ɛkɔ so tena ase[2]. Wɔgye di sɛ saa honhom no kɔ Asamando - beae bi a nananom a wɔadi kan awuwu te[3][4]. Nea Akanfo yɛ wɔ ayiyɛ ho no gyina saa gyidi yi so. Wɔgye di sɛ obibiara a owu a wɔanyɛ n'ayi anaa wɔanyɛ amanne ahorow bi ansa na wɔasie no no honhom ka kwantifi a ɔrentumi nkɔka nananom a wɔawuwu ho[5]. Akanfo san gye di sɛ wɔyɛ ayi de hyɛ owufo no anuonyam[4].
Amanne Ahorow
sesaAmanne ahorow a Akanfo yɛ ansa na wɔasie amu no gu ahorow.
Bere a onipa no awu akyi pɛɛ
sesaSimma kakra ansa na obi befi mu no, Akanfo gye di sɛ ɛwɔ sɛ wɔma owufo no nsu nom. Wɔgye di sɛ saa nsu no bɛma no ahoɔden na ne honhom atumi atwa kwan akɔ Asamando[6]. Tete no na wɔde nsuhyew guare amu no amonom hɔ ara wɔ ne wu akyi[4][7]. Woguare amu no wie a na wotumi hwie nsa gu amu no menem sɛnea ɛbɛboa na amu no ansɛe ntɛm esiane sɛ na wonni friigye a wɔde amu no bɛhyɛ mu anaa baabi a wɔkora amu[6][7].
Baabi a Menyaa Mmoa Fii
sesa- ↑ Joseph Brookman-Amissah (1986), "Akan Proverbs about Death", Anthropos, vol. 81, no. 1/3, pp. 75–85, ISSN 0257-9774, retrieved 2024-08-01
- ↑ Sam K. Akesson (1965), "The Akan Concept of the Soul", African Affairs, vol. 64, no. 257, pp. 280–291, ISSN 0001-9909, retrieved 2024-08-01
- ↑ Eva L. R. Meyerowitz (1951), "Concepts of the Soul among the Akan of the Gold Coast", Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 24–31, doi:10.2307/1156155, ISSN 0001-9720, retrieved 2024-08-01
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kwame Arhin (1994), "The Economic Implications of Transformations in Akan Funeral Rites", Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 307–322, doi:10.2307/1160783, ISSN 0001-9720, retrieved 2024-08-01
- ↑ Osei Kwadwo (2002), A Handbook on Asante Culture (in English), O. Kwadwo Enterprise, ISBN 978-9988-7596-5-0, retrieved 2024-08-01
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 R. S. (Robert Sutherland) Rattray (1959), Religion & art in Ashanti, Internet Archive, London : Oxford University Press, retrieved 2024-08-01
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Isaac Adjei Forson (2020-01-01), Funerals Among the Akan People: Some Perspectives on Asante, retrieved 2024-08-01