Category: Akan Calendar
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Memeneda Dapaa
mECmECnECda dapaa is the day of labor of the Akan. It is a day observed in preparation of the coming Akwasidae by cleaning, cooking and doing general household chores. Memeneda dapaa occurs on the Saturday following Awukudae or the Saturday before Akwasidae.
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Osutobere
osutcbECre Language: Akan Part of speech: noun Translation (English): Rainy or Wet Season.
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Awukudae Dates 2022
awukudaEC is an Akan festive occasion celebrated every six (6) weeks on Wednesday. No Day Date Adinkra English 1 Wednesday January 5, 2022 SEC woCnSEC Hye Wonhye 2 Wednesday February 16, 2022 NamEC nnwu na maCwu Nyame Nnwu Na Mawu 3 Wednesday March 30, 2022 Nansapc Nyansapo 4 Wednesday May 11, 2022 nsaa Nsaa 5 Wednesday…
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Akwasidae Dates 2022
aqaCsidaEC is an Akan festive occasion celebrated every six (6) weeks on Sunday. No Day Date Adinkra English 1 Sunday January 23, 2022 sankcfa Sankofa 2 Sunday March 06, 2022 pECmpamsiE Pempamsie 3 Sunday April 17, 2022 aCdinkrahECnEC Adinkrahene 4 Sunday May 29, 2022 damEC damEC Dame Dame 5 Sunday July 10, 2022 NamEC biribi wc…
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Abusua or Clans in Akan
aCbusua is the blood/lineage or the material determinant of an individual in Akan. There are 8 clans in Akan as below. No aCbusua Abusua Totem 1 agoCna Agona Parrot 2 Caduana Aduana Dog 3 asECnECe Asenee Bat 4 asoCna Asona Crow 5 cyckc Oyoko Eagle 6 asaQiri Asakyiri Vulture 7 brEtuo Bretuo Leopard 8 EkpCcna…
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2021 Akwasidae Dates
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Akwasidae and Adinkra
No Akwasidae Adinkra Name English 1 First Akwasidae sankcfa Sankofa 2 Second Akwasidae pECmpamsiE Pempamsie 3 Third Akwasidae aCdinkrahECnEC Adinkrahene 4 Fourth Akwasidae damEC damEC Dame Dame 5 Fifth Akwasidae NamEC biribi wc soCroC Nyame Biribi Wo Soro 6 Sixth Akwasidae cwc foCroC adoCbe Owo Foro Adobe 7 Seventh Akwasidae nECa onnim noC sua a,…
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Months in Akan (Twi)
A month in Akan is called bosome (boCsoCmEC). Akan has two different calendars; A lunar calendar used in coastal regions and a solar calendar. No Solar Month Lunar Month English 1 cpepcn sanda January 2 cZECfoc qaqar February 3 cbenECm ebcw March 4 oforisuo ebcbira April 5 koCtoCnimma Esuscw May 6 ayewoChoCmumu obiraWi June 7…