8 Akan Abusua (Clans), 12 Akan Ntoro "Totem" animals, greetings, responses, images (click attachment for images)
Appendix A:
| Nsɛmfua afoforo (New words) |
| Abusua akraboa nwɔtwe (Soul animals of the eight (8) matriclan clans) |
| Abusua | Aboa | nkyerɛaseɛ | Mfoni | Nnyesoɔ |
| clan | animal | translation | picture | response |
| Ɛkoɔna | ɛkoɔ | water buffalo | | doku nana |
| Asona | kwaakwaadabi/
anene | crow | | ofori nana |
| Biretuo | ɔsebɔ | leopard | | etwie nana |
| Ɔyokoɔ | akorɔma | hawk | | obiri nana |
| Aduana | ɔkraman | dog | | adu nana |
| Aseneɛ | apan | bat | | ase nana |
| Asakyiri | kɔkɔsakyi | vulture | | ofori nana |
| Agona | akoo | parrot | | ago nana |
| Nsɛmfua afoforo (New words) |
Ntorɔ du-mmienu suban (Characteristics of the 12 Akan patriclan lines)
Each is associated with a particular body of water that the members of the line are said to be descended from |
| Ntorɔ/Ntɔn | Mfoni | Suban | Nnyesoɔ |
| Patriclan Line | picture | characteristics | response |
| Bosompra | | The Tough/Strong/firm | Yaa aku/ɛsɔn |
| Bosomtwe | | The Human/Kind/empathetic | Yaa awisi/Yaa ahenewa |
| Bosompo/ Bosomnkɛteaa | | Proud/Audacious | Yaa anyaado/ Yaa opeafo |
| Bosomafram | | The Liberal/Kind/empathetic | Yaa amen |
| Bosommuru | | Respectable/ distinguished | Yaa Aburu |
| Bosomkonsi | | The Virtuoso | |
| Bosomdwerɛbe | | The Eccentric/Jittery | |
| Bosomayensu | | The Truculent | |
| Bosomsika | | The Fastidious | |
| Bosomkrete | | The Chivalrous | |
| Bosomakɔm | | The Fanatic | |
| Bosomafi | | The Chaste | |
Attached files mmusuaban.pdf (https://www.abibitumi.com/wp-content/uploads/ppMigration/38596=1447-mmusuaban.pdf) (100.4 KB)
Meda ase sε woakyekyεε!
Seesei, mewɔ nsεmmisa bi wae? εka kyerε yεn dεn ho? Yεde yε nimdeε yi sεn? Na, εdi so "Maafa mma" sεn?
Akhu, deɛ worebisa deɛ, mente aseɛ.
Mikyia mo,
What other groups of Afuraka.:.Afuraitkait have family animal totems?
Meda ase for your time.
I love reading info concerning aspects of Kmtyw culture which seem to have been forgotten. :blacklove:
@Ohemaa Yaa, saa na ɛyɛ
Sent from my GHANA-MADE RLG Uhuru Classic Smartphone using Tapatalk Pro
thanks
Getyours;154475 wrote: thanks
Yɛnni aseda. (No need for thanks)
Ɔsɔfoɔ Kwame, are the Akɔmfoɔ still holding people accountable to the taboos/observances associated with the matriclans and patriclans?
Medaa se paa
:gyenyame: