Akan Faith - Dharmic tenets in Ancient African Philosophy (Karma, Dharma, Reincarnation, Afterlife) 

Interesting! Well done ! My own people don’t even know this themselves , they have been so westernized they are lost 😞

Monday - Adjwo , Kwa Adjwo( Kwadjo ) = Moon. Tuesday - Abena, Kwa Bena (Kwabena) = Mars. Wednesday - Akua, Kwa Aku( Kwaku) = Mercury. Thursday - Yaa, Yaw = Earth. Afi, Kwa Ofi ( Kofi) = Venus. Ama, Kwa Amen/Amon( Amon Ra/ Amon Wia;( Kwame) = Saturn. Akosua, Kwa Asi( Kwasi) = Sun. Kwa means servant of. All day names are 7 major deities ruling the universe under Nyankropon.

I'm an Akan and what you saying is true am a royal all the Akan royal families still believe in this tradition and culture, as a royal my father thought me many things about what you saying but today a lot of Akans has been influenced by the western cultures thanks for sharing this to educate many Akan people

I've been looking for a video like this on the Akan faith.Thanks for uploading

I am real Akan tribe of Aduana Families the royal Kingdom. Our Grand fathers teach us all this massage before you grown to become man or women before married. Thank You very much well done.

VERY GOOD!! VERY VERY GOOD INFORMATION. As an African-American male in the usa, I of course was raised Christian, but a part of me always wondered about our religion pre-colonization.. This has given me a lot to think on. Thank you

This is so true cause growing up in Ghana in Kumasi in the village with my grandma. She always use to tell me these stuffs so honestly it has effected my belief cause my mother side is heavy influenced by the western idea of god but to my father side why by they not to much influenced by western. They don’t really talk much about the supreme god but we always pray to the small gods .

Wow this a gem of a video!!

The script is 100% spot on and vividly depicts the Akan concept about God, birth and dead, reincarnation and karma. God, as the all powerful supreme being is masculine in nature whilst earth with its teeming life forms/species is associated with the feminine nature. God is so powerful and revered that one needs a mediator like a linguist to speak to or address him directly hence the deities.

Thanks very much 👍. proud to be an Akan 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

You are speaking the TRUTH that we the Akans believe 👌

This is very true. I am a Ghanaian and comes from a Royal Lineage. There are a lot more information about the Akans that is very important and vital to the world. Things some of us really know that can change the world.

Such a great work for explaining the Akan Religion vividly!

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing

As an Akan from Ashanti tribe, you said something about untimely death, and it's true. We also believe that if someone died in an accident or tragic, your spirit is called "saman tw3n tw3n" means the waiting spirit. This spirit would not be allowed to enter the spiritual land of the ancestors because it's naturally not your time to go there. So this spirit keeps hovering around and reveals itself to those who are not aware of it death, until certain rituals are performed before the spirit can be allowed to enter the land of the ancestors. I know more about our religion, so thanks for bringing it to the world stage.

Awesome video

this is a great comparative work. it is incredible the parallelisms

I like the video. How interesting!. Thank you.

Very interesting

Thanks!

🙌🏽 Thank you for this video! There’s so much similarities between the motherland and East India regarding these principles. Thanks for the explanation.

cant wait for the interview with the practitioner!

A very true presentation of the traditional Ghanaian religion and philosophy.

God bless you

Thank you for such a wonderful video explaining the subject. I have been connecting back to the tribes of my mother and father(Akan and Yorùbá respectively) and separating myself from the past that the legacy of colonialism has set upon us. No offense to those who, for example, are christian due to actually being from a country where it was believed indigenously. For a lot of us of African descent in America. We have been lost for a very long time and it's so important for us to go back to our roots and natural spiritual habitat instead of following beliefs that were historically forced upon us. I love how many similarities exist between Hindu ideas too. Quite interesting

Yaa Anane Abua😢 glad it’s in English

You did justice to the topic. I a student Akan philosophy try to find what my people, the Akan have lost . Your comparisons is very interesting and I would like to delve into Vedic philosophy as well. I hope I come to you for resources to help me understand?

Wow thank you!

The word KWA/kO as found in the day name "KOYAME/" is an agglutinative morpheme use in the Akan language. It is one of the many epitet use to describe the functions of the creator. KWA/kOYA forms from two syllables “KO and YA ”. The Ya is a cognate of the hebrew word Yah and the KO is a cognate of the Kia meaning life. The K is the hebrew letter ket which means that which posses an arrangement of information personified by the letter “O” in Koyame with the build in machinery to arrange the information to manifest infinite possibilities .For greater clarity the “O” means universal complete bodies of knowledge capable of manifesting fathomable realities. Manifestation depends upon the actions of the initiating spark, the being of Wisdom Personified by Yah in KOYAME that WILL AND Arrange the bodies of knowledge into infinite possibilities. YA/Yah THE BEING arrange atoms that have specific rules of engagement into elements forming , cells, structure and systems to manifest fathomable realities relative to intent of Yah/Ya forming being of wisdom. Examples of "KO" are “Kosua” or “Kosuya” which means egg and this can be broken down in pieces. "KO" = Life, "SU" = water (from nsuo), The syllable “ A” in Kwa is from the word “IA” transformed into “YA” over time. "YA" stands for a being with wisdom, example is "Agya" = father. Today we may also recognize "YA" as "ONYA" The “O” refers to the basic name of God, it stands for universality and completeness. ONYA stands for a being who is capable of doing and achieving something by way of wisdom, IT can be found in for example the word “ONyansa”. Over time, the 2 morphemes "KO" & "YA" agglutinate into the word “KWA” and this stands for “being of wisdom the possessor of life, YA”, “The Creator”. So “KWA” is a word sound given character of the Creator . This is the reason why all the male day names originally started with the prefix "KWA" . The other aspecct of the day name simply describe purpose and function or the Cosmic procession or attribute of that day been enforces by the assigned Obosom aka angel that governs the expression of the associated planetary correspondent. For instance, Kwa Bena. Bena is Mars and its rule by Iron which governs magnetism, discernment, healing, herbs and protection or enforcement of devine law or wisdom. So kwabena-da means the day or cycle which possess , initiate, arrange the processes that birth the cycle of life or Existence relative to Bena the obosom that rules the planet Mars . This force of nature or Angelic power aka obosom that governs this day is the personification of the elements Iron which governs magnetism, the arteries, digestion, discernment, healing, herbology, medicine , protection and enforcement of devine law or wisdom. Also ONyame is a agullnative morpheme comprising the syllables Onya and Me. .The “O” refers to the basic name of God, it stands for universality and completeness.It also stands for a being who is capable of doing and achieving something. Examples are “Onipa”, “Otumfuo”and “Onyansafuo”. “The second syllable which is “IA” transformed into “YA” over time. "YA" stands for a being with wisdom, example is "Agya" = father. Today we may also recognize "YA" as "ONYA" as it stands for a being that possesses wisdom, this can be found in for example the word “ONyansa”. Then the next syllable is “ME” which stands for self-consciousness , complete, satisfaction. For example after you’re done eating, in Twi you’d say “Ma Men”, meaning I am satisfied , complete, secure etc. Mamen is a cognate of the hebrew Aman/Amen meaning to be firm and secure in the sense of self sustianing. The hebrew cosmology and the Indu. cosmology and the Akan cosmology are all inter connected. The letter Yod is the first letter in the word Yah. It English cognate is Y.Yod has a value of 10 . 10 is the same value for wisdom in hebrew . The hebrew word for wisdom is Kocmah. Yod also repesents the laws that determines the function and purpose of things . The arrangement of the principles as innthe laws is what make creation possible. Hence the reason Yah in hebrew and Yah in Akan represents being of wisdom as in God Yahowah and NYAHMEH. The number 10 is made up of the number 1 and Zero/O. Alef is the first letter of the hebrew Alphabet have two value 1 and 26. The hebrew letter for one is Alef which means teacher/Alefa and guide/Aloof an it also personify Yehowah as in God by way of the numerical value of the three letters that make up the letter Alef . The letters that makes up the letter alef is two letter yod and one letter waw which has a aggregate value of 26, which is the same value as Yahowah the name of God in hebrew. The letter yod base upon its numerical value which is 1 and Zero/0 is saying that God is the 1/one that manifest the O . In Akan the “O” in which is found in kwa/ko means universal complete knowledge that births Life and existence. In eiberi aka the hebrew language this forces is describe as Yehowah or Yahowah . As customary with African languages “Yehowah” is a agglutinative morpheme forms) from three words 1.Hayah the original spark or idea , the wisdom or knowledge of reality that is before us THAT manifest 2. HOWAH/HOWEH the present existence that is before us that determines the 3. YEHIYEH the future, that is behind you. So “KWA” is a word sound given character of the Creator . This is the reason why all the male day names originally started with the prefix "KWA" . The other aspecct of the day name simply describe purpose and function or the Cosmic procession or attribute of that day been enforces by the assigned Obosom aka angel that governs the expression of the associated planetary correspondent. For instance, Kwa Bena. Bena is Mars and its rule by Iron which governs magnetism, discernment, healing, herbs and protection or enforcement of devine law or wisdom. So kwabena-da means the day or cycle which possess , initiate, arrange the processes that birth the cycle of life or Existence relative to Bena the obosom that rules the planet Mars . This force of nature or Angelic power aka obosom that governs this day is the personification of the elements Iron which governs magnetism, the arteries, digestion, discernment, healing, herbology, medicine , protection and enforcement of devine law or wisdom.

Great 👍 job my friend So when you say Akan’s have lost some of their tenets, do u mean lost during the movement south from Kemet and did those that gave you these info confirm that idea that they to aknwoledge that fact that Theo have indeed post Some of thier tenets

Now I see where christianity gets their beliefs of resurrection, judgement and where the spirit goes after death. Please do one one the how christianity has stolen these concepts and incorporated it into their beliefs system. thank you

Bro I'm an Akan ,perfect Presentation. Let us collaborate

I would like you to do some research on IFA and Orisha that is the spirituality of the yoruba people of Nigeria

Great video, I wish you didn't keep comparing it to Hinduism and dharmic but such is life. Great all the same

Kofi born on Friday

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What about the consciousness of the departed spirits? I would like to know more about the choice to return.

I don't know if you have ever stayed in Ghana but you are spot one and as someone whose brother is part of the ISCON,I have learned that the Akan religion is very similar to Hinduism so I wonder why they always compare as Israel

I'm doing a paper on african religions and spirituality. One of the religions is based on the akan. Could you tell me if it's a closed practice and the attitude toward homosexuality. Is it allowed in the practice?

There is some truth here, but you need to differentiate between the Devine and the regulations put in place by the humans, in this case the Akan. As a Tibetan Buddhist the deeper you go, it seems Nothingness is all there is. That in Akan, in Ewe and Ga and many more is also the basis of all things.

The Akan faith also has alot in common with the Germanic pagan faiths. Especially on there Honor based re incarnation system

In Jamaica we do give a sip of water to the dying as well as cleanse the dead body.

Where ancient akan comes from

and the spread of islam

The speaker sounds like a Pakistani/ hindustani

From Ghana: This attempt to understand the Akan concept of the Ultimate Being is appreciated. However, I want to correct the nation that the Akan do not pray to God directly 1: The Akan has daily informal prayers to God in found in greetings and conversations. 2: There was an Alta dedicated to the Most High God in every compound and in every village where direct sacrifice was offered to God. 3: The central part of the Akan prayers is pouring Libation. In every libation as well as sacrifice the Supreme Being is involved First before His functionaries. 4:What the West refers to as gods are not called gods in the Akan language but Functionaries or messengers of God. Eg Ancestors, Spirit's that use nature ( eg river or mountain) as their abode. 5: Symbol's, names, greetings, signs all serve as direct prayers as well as verbal prayers to God abund in Akan philadelphia.