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Akan polities       LUcat Search catalogue 294897836

Scope note
1450- . Location: between the Komoe and Volta rivers, corresponding to modern Togo, Ghana and part of the Cote d'Ivoire, confederation of states that included Bono, Denkyira, Akwamu, Fante, and Asante, as well as Abron, Adansi, Ahanta, Akim (Akyem), Akwapim, Adansi, Anyi (Ndenye), Baule, Elomwen, Kwahu, Sefwi, Twifo, Heman, Asen, Awowin, Nzima, and Sanwi.

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Akan Chiefdoms
Akan Empires
Akan Kingdoms
Akan States

Broader terms
West African polities

Subject category
09.01.02 NAMED POLITIES



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