Akan Beliefs / Links

The following online resources offer information regarding the Akan people from various points of view. This traditional culture names its children after the day of the week upon which they are born. Very much like Dayology, it also believe that the child’s nature reflects the energy of the planetary god that rules that day.

Dayology.com – REVIEW – Akan Soul Names
Dayology.com – REVIEW – We ALL have Souls

Updated March 2023

Akan Culture
AFRICAN HOLOCAUST Rites of Passage
AMAZON BOOKS Cloth as Metaphor 
ARTMUSEUM – The Many Powers of Gold: Akan Art
ATSCOALITION – Akan Concept of the Supreme Being
BUZZGHANA – Akan People, Language and Culture
CAMBRIDGE – The Culture of Akan
COURSEHERO – Akan Concept of a Person
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA – Akan
FACEBOOK – Ghana the Black Star of Africa
GHANAWEB – Why Akans Call the White Man, Kwasi …
MORE MARY MATTERS – The Akan and Their Worldview
REVISTIA – The Value of a Person in Akan Traditional Life
SCHOLARWORKS – A Case of the Akan Traditional Society
STANFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA – Akan Philosophy of the Person
STAR SPIRIT INTERNATIONAL Akan Culture and Protocol
STATIC The Calendrical Factor in Akan History
STATIC1 – The Relation of Okra (Soul) and Honam (Body)
STUDYMOOSE – The Akan Conception of a Person
TOTA – Akan Cultural Overview
UNIVERSIDADE CAROLICA PORTO  – Akan Rites of Passage
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA – Akan Lineage Organization
WIKIPEDIA – Akan Calendar
WIKIPEDIA – List of Akan People

Akan and Nile Valley Comparisons
GOOGLEBOOKS – Egyptian Language Connections 
PORCHLIGHTBOOKS – The Akan, Other Africans …
QUORA –  Are the Akan people of Ghana and Ivory …
RESEARCHGATE – Akan Language and its

Akan Languages
ANKONLINE – Ancient Egyptian and Modern
DIALOG – The Dialects of the Akan Language
WIKIPEDIA – Akan Language

Akan Names
AYUBUKAMAMAU – Akan Spirit Names
BLACK HISTORY – Akan Names
DBPEDIA –  Akan names
OTAFREGYA’ S BLOG – Akan Days Names, Creative Acts and …
MODERN GHANA – The Akan Day Names and Their …
RESEARCHGATE – (PDF) Akan Language and its …
ROOTSWEB – Akan Names
WIKIPEDIA Akan Names

Akan Faith
AKAN PROJECT – Religion and Rites of Passage
CORE – God of Life
CORE – The Multiplicity of Ahonhom (Spirits) in the Akan …
DSC – Creation in the Image of God: Human Uniqueness 
ENCYLOPEDIA.COM Deities of the Akan Religion
EVERYCULTURE – Akan – Religion
JSTOR – The Akan Concept of the Soul
MEDCRAVE ONLINE The Akan Experience of God …
RAI – Adwenhoasem: an Akan theory of mind
REDDIT – The Akan Naming System
RELIGION – The Transnationalization of the Akan Religion
RESEARCH – Traditional African Religions: Akan
SAGE PUBLICATIONS Encyclopedia of African Religion
SCIELO – Reading Hebrews through Akan
WIKIPEDIA – Akan Religion
YOUTUBE – What is Akan religion?

Akan History
ACADEMIC JOURNAL – Unwritten Historical
AFRICANRESEARCH –The Influence of Ancient
BRILL – The Universe Has Three Souls
JSTOR – Ancient Egypt and Modern Africa
REDDIT – The Akan Naming System

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