Asante People
Asante Calendar
Asante Calendar comprise of a 42 day month, 4 seasons, and 12 months. Each town had its prohibition days. Thursday was prohibition day and day of rest, no farming was to be done.
Month
Akan
| English
| ɔpepɔn
| January
| ɔgyefuiɛ
| February
| ɔbɛnem
| March
| Oforisuo Agyenkɔ
| April
| Ohawam Kotonimaa
| May
| Ayɛwohomumu
| June
| Kutawonsa
| July
| Sanaa
| August
| ɛbɔ
| September
| Ahinime
| October
| Obubuo
| November
| ɔpɛnimma
| December
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Seasons
Akan Name
| Duration (Akan)
| Duration (English)
| ɔpɛ Bere
| Ɔpɛnimma – ɔbɛnem
| December – March (4 months)
| Asusue Bere
| Oforisuo Agyenkɔ – Ayɛwohomumu
| April – June (3 months)
| Ofupɛ Bere
| Kutawonsa – Sanaa
| July – August (2 months)
| Bamporɔ Bere
| Ɛbɔ – Obubuo
| September – November ( 3 months)
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Akan Traditional Days
1. Akwasidɛɛ
| 8. Kwakwasie
| 15. Monokwasie
| 22. Fɔkwasie
| 29. Nwonakwasie
| 36. Nkyikwasie
| 2. Kwadwoɔ
| 9. Monodwoɔ
| 16. Fɔdwoɔ
| 23. Nwonadwoɔ
| 30. Nkyidwoɔ
| 37. Kurudwoɔ
| 3. Monobena
| 10. Fɔbena
| 17. Nwonabena
| 24. Nkyibena
| 31. Kurubena
| 38. Kwabena
| 4. Fookuo
| 11. Nwonawukuo
| 18. Nkyiwukuo
| 25. Kwawukuo
| 32. Kwawukuo
| 39. Monowukuo
| 5. Nwonayawoɔ
| 12. Nkyiyawoɔ
| 19. Kuruyawoɔ
| 26. Kwayawoɔ
| 33. Monoyawoɔ
| 40.Fɔyawoɔ
| 6. Nkyifie
| 13. Kurofie
| 20. Kwafie
| 27. Monofie
| 34. Fɔfie
| 41. Nwonafie
| 7. Kurumemene
| 14. Kwamemene
| 21. Monomemene
| 28. Fɔmemene
| 35. Nwɔnamemene
| 42. Nkyimemene
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Days
Akan
| English
| Kwasiada
| Sunday
| Dwowda
| Monday
| Benada
| Tuesday
| Wukuda
| Wednesday
| Yawoada
| Thursday
| Fida
| Friday
| Memenda
| Saturday
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Asante Religion
Asante Pantheon or Abosom are the gods and godesses of the Asante people. Nyame was the supreme god. He fathered the abosom or lesser gods. Under the abosoms were spirits called asumans and under the asumans were the nsamanfo, or ancestor spirits.
| Gods | Description | | Anansi | Divine trickster, mediates between heaven and earth, tricks human and gods | | Apo | Nyame's son-related to water | | Asaase Afua | Goddess of fertility and procreation | | Asaase Yaa | Goddess of earth, mother of the dead, mother of Anansi Spider | | Bia | 1st son of Nyame, the favorite of Nyame | | Bosomtwe | Son of Nyame, associated with water | | Onyankopon | Sky god, Anansi the spider received stories from this god, the Anansi Stories | | Tano | Second son of Nyame, God of Tano river, a war god | | | | | |
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Asante Names
Male
Kwasi/Kwesi (Sunday)Kwadwo (Monday) Kwabena(Tuesday) Kwaku(Wednesday) Kwao/Yao(Thursday) Kwafi/Kofi(Friday) Kwame/Kwamena(Saturday)
Female
Akosua/Esi(Sunday) Adwoa(Monday) Abena(Tuesday) Akua(Wednesday) Yaa(Thursday) Afia/Afua(Friday) Amma(Saturday)
Praise Names
Bodua (protector, leader) Okoto (calm, humble) Ogyam (good, humane) Ntonni (advocate, hero) Pereko (fearless, firm) Okyin (adventurer, itinerant) Atoapem (ancient, heroic)
Order of Birth
Male/Female
Píèsíe(First born) Mǎnu/Máanu(Second born) Meńsã́/Mánsã(Third born) Anan/Anané(Fourth born) Núm/Anúm(Fifth born) Nsĩã́(Sixth born) Asón/Nsṍwaa(Seventh born) Bótwe(Eight born) Ákron/Nkróma(Ninth born) Badú/Badúwaa(Tenth born ) Dúkũ(Eleventh born) Dúnu(Twelfth born) Kaakyire(Last born)
Special Circumstances.
Circumstance Male/Female name Translation on the field Afúom "on the farm" on the road Ɔkwán "the road" in war Bekṍe, Bedíàkṍ "war time" happy circumstances Afiríyie "good year" after death of father Antó "it didn't meet him" after long childlessness Nyamékyε "gift from God" premature or sickly Nyaméama "what God has given (no man can take away)" father refuses Obím̀pέ "nobodywants" responsibility Yεmpέw "we don't want you"
Counting Number System
| Number | Asante
| | 0 | enihɔ
| | 1 | baako | | 2 | mienu | | 3 | miensa | | 4 | enan | | 5 | enum | | 6 | ensia | | 7 | ensoo
| | 8 | enwɔ twe | | 9 | enkron | | 10 | edu | | 11 | edubaako | | 12 | edumienu | | 13 | edumiensa | | 14 | edunan | | 15 | edunum | | 16 | edunsia | | 17 | edunsoo | | 18 | edunwɔtwe | | 19 | edunkron | | 20 | aduonu | | 21 | aduonubaako | | 22 | aduonumienu | | 23 | adununsia | | 24 | aduonunnan | | 25 | aduonunnum | | 26 | aduonunsia | | 27 | aduonunso | | 28 | aduonunwɔtwe | | 29 | aduonunkron | | 30 | aduasa | | 40 | aduanan | | 50 | aduonum | | 60 | aduosia | | 70 | aduosoo | | 80 | aduowɔtwe | | 90 | aduokroo | | 100 | wɔha | | 500 | ahanum | | 1,000 | apem | | 10,000 | mpemdum | | 1,000,000 | ɔpebaako
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