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	Akan Naming Ceremony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The first name received is called the "kra den" or "soul name", and is determined by the day of the week that the child was born.
		After the name is acquired, the infant is given to an Elder from the father's side of the family who announces the formal name to the family for the first time.
		The name of the newborn is spoken to each member of the community, and each member sips some of the nsa as a show of respect for the child and as a toast to the newborn's health.
	theearthcenter.com /ffarchivesdento.html (975 words)

	Akan languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His name "Kofi" means he was a boy born on a Friday.
		Akan languages are those languages belonging to the Kwa language family spoken in Ghana and the Côte d'Ivoire:
		The Akan language is one of the primary government-sponsored languages in Ghana.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Akan_language (406 words)

	Akan name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Akan people frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born.
		As examples, Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, was so named for being born on a Saturday (Kwame) and being the ninth born (Nkrumah).
		Also, the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, was so named for being born on a Friday (Kofi) and being the fourth born (Annan).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Akan_name (325 words)

	Akan Architecture Symbols
		Akan architecture is not only elaborate in terms of function and building technology.
		The incorporation of symbols in Akan architecture was traditionally limited to public buildings such as the king's palace (ahemfie) and shrine building (abosom dan), and, in some cases, the homes of high ranking community leaders.
		This symbol depicts the Akan belief that when a boy is born, an individual is born; but when a girl is born, a nation is born.
	www.marshall.edu /akanart/akanadansie.html (932 words)

	Akan name (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Akan name is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Patronymic: The given name of a relative, usually the father or mother, or a name derived from this.
		Other cultures, such as the Chinese, give the animals nonhuman names, because it would be offensive and disrespectful to the person of the same name; even cultures that give human names to animals sometimes do so to an ugly animal to insult the bearer of the name.
	www.experiencefestival.com.cob-web.org:8888 /akan_name (879 words)

	Akan languages, alphabet and pronunciation
		The Akan languages are part of the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo languages.
		Akan languages started to be written down, mainly in religious publications, by Danish, German and British missionaries during the 17th and 18th centuries.
		Akan languages are tonal with three tones: high, mid and low.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/akan.htm (268 words)

	African Names
		Your name is the evidence of your existance.
		It is believed that the name chosen will exert an influence for better or for worse on the life of the child.
		Afrikan names were particularly popular in the 1700s, declining in use in the 1800s, and all but abandoned in the 1900s, the authors observe.
	www.swagga.com /name.htm (905 words)

	ETHNOGRAPHICA - FINE AFRICAN ART & ORIENTAL CARPETS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Akan is the name of a language spoken in many dialects by related groups of people living in the south-central forest zone and coastal areas of Ghana and in southeastern Ivory Coast.
		Akan gold, exchanged for salt, textiles, leather, weapons, brass ingots, and manufactured brass wares, was taken north by trans-Saharan camel caravan, and before the advent of the Portuguese on the Gold Coast in 1472, supplied much of the European demand for gold.
		Akan peoples excel in metalworking with non-ferrous metals because of the gold trade and its heavy influence from Islamized North Africa.
	www.ethnographica.com /african_art/akan_peoples_gallery.htm (542 words)

	My-Name-Card :: "Mudah, Cepat & Esklusif" :: Serlahkan Dirimu!
		Kad nama yang cetakkannya pudar, rekabentuk ala kadar, penggunaan warna yang tidak sesuai dengan imej perniaagaan, penggunaan kertas yang tidak berkualiti akan memberi impak dan kesan negatif kepada perniaagaan kita walaupun perkhidmatan atau perniagaan kita adalah yang terbaik.
		Pelanggan atau orang yang menerima kad nama kita bukan sahaja mengetahui nama kita malah akan ingat dan kenal diri/rupa kita.
		Muatkan maklumat penting di hadapan kad dan ini akan membuatkan pelanggan atau orang yang menerima kad kita akan menyimpan kad nama kita di dalam simpanan mereka atau kekal di dalam wallet mereka.
	www.my-name-card.com (1667 words)

	Personal name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is nearly universal for a human person to have a name; the rare exceptions occur in the cases of mentally disturbed parents, or feral children growing up in isolation.
		A personal name is usually given at birth or at a young age, and is usually kept throughout life; there might be additional names indicating family relationships, area of residence, and so on.
		Before the use of family names, people were often referred to by a description or nickname, their place of birth or residence, their occupation, or their parent's name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_personal_naming_conventions (1575 words)

	Akan Cosmology
		The Akan religious thought is essentially theocentric and theistic, with the Supreme Being, God at the center of it all.
		The Akan is required to safeguard the environment of the universe for a continuum of society members consisting of the dead, the living, and the yet-to-be-born.
		The Akan consider asase (land) as the physical and feminine aspect of the dualistic nature of the universe.
	www.marshall.edu /akanart/akancosmology.html (1291 words)

	AKAN Spirituality
		Akans believe that God is the supreme, uncreated, self-existent being in whom all things end up, upon whom all things are dependent.
		Akans believe in life after death therefore when a person's body dies their spirit lives on.
		The traditional Akan community often have special events to commemorate Akwasidae such as Akoms which is a traditional worship service with drumming, singing and dancing the ancient songs and rhythms of our ancestors.
	www.afsani.org /spirituality.htm (1312 words)

	Journey to motherland, life's work, name change have uncanny link
		Akan is indicative of Akan's motherland whose people primarily live in Ghana.
		The first name is the soul name which is determined by the day the child was born-Nyame or God in Akan culture, placed seven of His children over the seven days of the week, each carrying different spiritual qualities.
		While Akan is well beyond infancy years at age 50, several elders presided over his naming ceremony, including Dr. Asa Kwesi from Dallas, Nana, an Ashanti king of Akan ancestry who resides in Cincinnati, and Onyeji.
	www.frostillustrated.com /news/2006/0531/Front_Page/001.html (572 words)

	An African Theology: [Onyame], [abosom], and [ak]mfo]] in the Akan Belief System - Assata Speaks - Hands Off Assata - ...
		The Atano abosom derive their name from the sacred river Tano that flows from the town Tano Oboase in the Bono region of ‘Akanland’, which has been called the “home of the gods”.29 Tano is considered the ‘first son of Onyame’ and, therefore, is one of Onyame's primary and most ancient intermediaries on earth.
		Akan society became preoccupied with punishing and killing social deviance, which was, in fact, antithetical to the very nature of Ta Kora and his priesthood, and essentially, the nature of ‘]bosom’ in early Akan theology.
		In general, the Akan are now distanced from the texts of earlier Akan theology and are, therefore, unaware of how their ancestors actually conceptualized belief prior to the political and social unrest that gave rise to abrafo] abosom and witch-catching cults.
	www.assatashakur.org /forum/showthread.php?t=6479 (5532 words)

	OEDILF - Word Lookup
		Akan (AW-kahn) is part of the Kwa family of West African languages.
		Carries quite the same name as they roam.
		Ashanti also refers a dialect of the Akan (AH-kahn) language, which in turn belongs to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
	www.oedilf.com /db/Lim.php?Word=Akan (243 words)

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		Physical Features The area is typified by the extinct twin volcanic peaks of Akan and Kussharo and the natural lakes of Lake Kussharo, Mashu, Akan and Panke.
		Average annual precipitation is 1200mm, whilst the mean minimum temperatures are in the region of -1°C. Vegetation The subarctic flora of the region consists of vast tracts of conifer forests leading down to the lake fringes.
		A lake monster "Kutchie" is supposed to haunt the waters of Lake Kussharo (Akan Tourist Board, n.d.; Sutherland and Britton, 1980).
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/1343v.htm (621 words)

	Behind the Name: African Names
		The names listed here are used in various places on the continent of Africa.
		Means "we asked for her, and behold, we got her" in Yoruba.
		Either "tortoise" (Swahili) or else derived from the name of an African tribe.
	www.behindthename.com /nmc/afr.php (144 words)

	Soul Name (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In Ghana, West Africa first names of the Akan people (soul names) are derived from the seven days of the week.
		Before the advent of the Christian missionaries in West Africa around 15 century A.D, Akan ancestors had seven deities (gods) that represented the days of the week.
		It is from these names of the gods that they procured the seven masculine and feminine soul names.
	members.aol.com /moebweb/Kojart3/SoulName/Soulname.htm (126 words)

	Solusi Komunikasi dan promosi di Internet ( Server Linux & windows 2003 -Free SMTP, MySQL, MSSQL) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Dengan mengajukan pendaftaran suatu domain name baru atau dengan mengajukan permohonan untuk memperbaharui/memperpanjang pendaftaran suatu domain name, maka Anda memberikan jaminan kepada kami bahwa penggunaan domain name terkait secara langsung maupun tidak langsung tidak melanggar/menyalahi hak paten dari pihak-pihak tertentu serta tidak melanggar hukum yang berlaku, baik di Indonesia maupun yang berlaku secara internasional.
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	www.indodigital.net /index.php?action=terms (2658 words)

	African Lanugages - Akan,
		The Akan (Twi, Twi-Fante) dialect cluster belongs to the Central subgroup of the (Volta-) Comoe group, which falls within the New Kwa (Greenberg's Western Kwa) branch of Niger-Congo.
		Akan has five main dialects, generally considered mutually intelligible.
		Technically, Fulfulde or Pulaar is the name of this language, while ful'be (singular = pullo) is the name of the people who speak Fulfulde.
	www.isp.msu.edu /AfrLang/language2.htm (613 words)

	Global Volcanism Program \| Akan \| Summary
		Akan is a 13 x 24 km, elongated caldera that formed more than 31,500 years ago immediately SW of Kutcharo caldera.
		Growth of four post-caldera stratovolcanoes, three at the SW end of the caldera and the other at the NE side, has restricted the size of the caldera lake.
		Of the Holocene volcanoes of the Akan volcanic complex, only the Me-Akan group, east of Lake Akan, has been historically active, producing mild phreatic eruptions since the beginning of the 19th century.
	www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0805-07= (175 words)

	Yaa - Baby Names
		In Akan one of the names a person is given depends on his or her day of the week of birth, and the person's gender.
		Consequently there are only fourteen of these Akan names.
		You can use the following calculator to figure out the day of the week on which you were born.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art11298.asp (170 words)

	NAMING PRACTICES
		Thus, in ranking what is important in name selection, I would say that the name's sound is most important; who the name is associated with has secondary importance, and how the name is spelled and written-with accents, capitalization of the first letter of the second syllable, and/or use of a hypen-is thirdly important.
		These names also adhere to the American rule that it is the second syllable in a name that is accentuated {meaning the last syllable in a two syllable name and the middle syllable in a three syllable name such as Azizi [ah-ZEE-zee}.
		If these names have positive meanings, and if ascribing those meanings to those names which are usually said to have no meaning it can help someone feel better about him or her self, all to the better.
	www.cocojams.com /naming_practices.htm (4956 words)

	What's in a name? \| Progressive U (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Lately a lot of people have been asking about my name so I'm going to explain it to you now.
		A few weeks ago I took part in a naming ceremony based on the traditional ceremonies of the Akan peoples.
		I arrived as Kristen Marie Ware and left as Yaa (girl born on Thrusday) Miniya (much is expected of her) Waceera (she wanders) Obuya (born when the garden was overgrown).
	www.progressiveu.org /104944-whats-in-a-name (1180 words)

	Dahomean, Ewe and Akan Day Names
		It is the common custom within many Afrikan societies to give a newborn child a name that reflects the circumstances, reasons, and even the day that they were born on.
		Besides providing one with the opportunity to obtain a name that reflects their birth day/date, this information is also an obvious example of the cultural unity of these two West Afrikan cultures.
		Below is a list of the Ewe-Fon and Akan names of the days of the week, the Ewe-Fon and Akan names, both male and female, that accompany them, and the meanings of the names.
	newafrikanvodun.com /names.html (495 words)

	20000-NAMES.COM: Female African Names, page 1 of 2--meaning, origin, etymology
		It is also the name of the ethnic group of people who live there.
		: African Luo name meaning "thrown away." Possibly a name that was given to babies who were miscarried or stillborn.
		Cleopatra VII reigned as Queen of Egypt from 51-30 B.C. She was born in 69 B.C. in Alexandria, Egypt and is believed to have been fl African.
	www.20000-names.com /female_african_names.htm (1069 words)

	The People - www.ghanaholiday.net
		The Akans (mostly Fantis and Ashantis) are the most significant groupings, in terms of numbers, in Ghana's four main ethno-linguistic groupings.
		It is not unusual for travellers and holidaymakers to add a few Akan words to their lexicon, as their itineraries will most likely revolve around the Akan areas, particularly the southern belt where Ghana's serene and palm-lined beaches are located and the middle belt, Kumasi, where Ghanaian culture is best displayed.
		Names are generally associated with the day and circumstances they were born.
	www.ghanaholiday.net /cp/people.html (238 words)

	How Does Corpus of Ifa Identify and Removed the Effects of Racism, Colonialism?
		Birth and Naming of a Child (Akan Emphasis)
		You can have a legally recognized clery supply you with a notarized statement of your new name, which you give to the local Social Security Office, which will issue you a new social security card (with the old number).
		You will be issued a court date where you will be asked to swear that you are not attempting to defraud creditors or avoid a legal obligation.
	www.rootsandrooted.org /names.htm (190 words)

	SLAVE PERSONAL NAMES This list is meant as a sampling of personal names that were used by enslaved African ...
		Hattie {F} nickname for Henrietta, which is the female form of the Germanic male name "Henry", Henrietta's meaning is "mistress of the house".
		Isaac {M} Hebrew, "laughter, or he who laughs", The Biblical Isaac was so named because his parents laughed for joy that they could produce a son in their elderly age.
		Quashie (Quaashie) {M}, an Ewe and Twi (Ghana) name meaning "male born on Sunday; the Akan form of this name is Kwasi; "Quaashie" was used in Jamaica as the equivalent for "Sambo", that is as a derogatory referent for Black males.
	www.alafianames.com /slave_personal_names__this_list.htm (2119 words)

	20000-NAMES.COM: Male African Names, Page 1 of 2--meaning, origin, etymology
		: African Ghanaian name meaning "warrior" or "executioner." Originally, it was a nickname for a troublemaker or someone who is hyper.
		: African Nyoro name meaning "sorrow." This name is sometimes given to a child born during time of sorrow.
		: English name possibly derived from Spanish del mar, meaning "of the sea." This name used to be popular among African Americans.
	www.20000-names.com /male_african_names.htm (1028 words)

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