Periods, Cultures, Styles > Akan

Akan

The Akan people live mostly in Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Togo and may have Sudanese origins.

Dates

to today

Places

Africa > West Africa > Ghana

Basics Works of Art Artists Periods, Cultures, Styles Curated Guides

Works of Art

Asafo flags

c. 1500–present

Akua’ba Female Figure (Akan peoples)

19th–20th century

Linguist Staff (Okyeamepoma) (Asante peoples)

19th–early 20th century

Memorial Head (Akan peoples)

17th century (?)

Periods, Cultures, Styles

Cloth, 1968 (Asante people), stamped and embroidered cotton, 221 x 140 cm (© The Trustees of the British Museum, London)

Asante

Flag, first half of the 20th century (Fante people), textile, 111.76 x 182.24 cm (The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.)

Fante

Curated Guides to Akan

All Textbook Chapters

The arts of Africa, c. 18th–20th century

Textbook Chapter - Reframing Art History