Akan commemorative terracottas are idealized portraits, which emphasize Akan preference for well-shaped heads and regular balanced features. Luminosity is a trait equally valued. Preston discusses how ...

Ghanaian Adinkra symbols, which are rich in meaning and history, make for a beautiful addition to pottery projects ...

The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Amiss Thomas Mitchell, has revealed that a recent DNA ancestry test done by him traced his maternal lineage to the Akan people of Ghana. Speaking during a state ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. These brass weights were used by the ...

This paper is an attempt to show how logically acceptable (or rational) belief in Traditional Akan religion is. The attempt is necessitated by the tendency by some scholars to (mis) treat all ...

The literary anthology Black Fire—This Time: Volume 1, published last spring, perfectly captures the spirit of sankofa, a word from the Akan people of Ghana that roughly translates to “it is not taboo ...

Do it for the culture. Zenith Bank celebrated Ghana’s 68th Independence Day with its “Wear Ghana” initiative. Across its 43 locations, employees wore traditional Ghanaian attire, including Kente cloth ...