The Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mark Okraku Mantey says the Akan language amongst other languages in music production in Ghana is the weakest. According to him, the ...

Listening to newscasts in one’s own lingua franca is the entitlement and delight of every cultural being, particularly Africans whose beautiful indigenous languages are not only being supressed and ...

The Deputy Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mark Okraku-Mantey, has commented that the Akan language is lacking in rhythmic and tonal elements, making it the weakest language for music ...

Leading Akan radio station in the Ashanti region, Nhyira 104.5Fm, has launched the maiden edition of ‘Akan Akansie’ for Junior High Schools. The contest has the objective of promoting the Akan ...

A group of Ghanaians have taken part in a 'translatathon' to create Wikipedia articles written in Akan – the most widely spoken indigenous language in Ghana. It's part of an effort to make the ...

Kromanti, the language spoken by the Eastern Maroons of Portland, Jamaica, has been described in the literature as being related to the Akan language complex. While some work has been done on Maroon ...

Bu Me Be: Proverbs of the Akan is a wonderful collection of Akan sayings and proverbial statements that represent the virtues, experiences, and traditions of the people. The authors--Peggy Appiah, ...