Adansi
Sign in to saveAdanse or Adansi was one of the earliest Akan states in the southern part of present-day Ashanti Region, Ghana. It is regarded as the ancestral homeland from which many of the southern Akan trace their origins. Adanse became an early centre of gold production, regional trade, and clan-based governance, and is remembered as senior among principal Akan states. It influenced the formation of later polities including Denkyira, Akyem, Assin, and the Asante Empire.
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- Etymology
- History
- Origins
- Adansemanso and early urbanism
- The kingdoms of Arcania and the Accanists
- Decline of Adansemanso and growing political fragmentation of Adanse
- Adanse city-states and conflicts with Denkyira
- Defeat and subjugation to Denkyira
- Integration into the Asante state
- Colonial encounters and the Treaty of Fomena
- Divisions
- Adansemanso
- Akrokerri
- Ayaase
- Bodwesango
- Dompoase
- Edubiase
- Fomena
- Kokobiante
- Government
- Society
- Social organization
- Religion
- Architecture
- Economy
- Gold production
- Trade
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
Adanse or Adansi was one of the earliest Akan states in the southern part of present-day Ashanti Region, Ghana. It is regarded as the ancestral homeland from which many of the southern Akan trace their origins. Adanse became an early centre of gold production, regional trade, and clan-based governance, and is remembered as senior among principal Akan states. It influenced the formation of later polities including Denkyira, Akyem, Assin, and the Asante Empire.
==Etymology== The name Adanse derives from the Akan word adanseɛ, meaning “builders”. Traditions and historians explain that Adanse earned this name because they were the first Akan people to construct permanent homes and shrines, remembered as “those who build houses”.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adansi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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