It is now common knowledge that Ghanaians discovered and came to settle here in west Africa.The mystery has always been, from where we came. Lawyer / Historian Yaw Anokye Frimpong takes us through the Akan Ghana exodus.
This great man should help movie writters to create a historically movie from this history.. And it should be a MUST WATCH movie for every Ghanaians. Greatest enlightenment ever.
Lawyer should tell the interviewer that the name Ghana already existed over there to Make it easier. That's ancient Ghana empire. Kudos chief Historian ❤🎉
Do read our history books written by professor Adu Boahen and JB Dankwa all he is most are alr3ady written. More over do an expansive research you will come across that when the Akandifuo man (ghana now)first settled from their historical journey they first settled at present day Dormaa Ahenkro which there is a historical symbol of three pieces of burnt logs which is a remain burnt logs that the fore fathers wisely left it as landmark to prove that they are all one clan and this place is thier first most settlement before they spread across the vast land.thats the true story o wonder why he shifted the facts to Takyiman
@@smileylady485 either tell us the facts he's distorting, recommend books and other resources that has those facts, or keep mum. You don't just throw this in the air and leave it at that.
@@smileylady485 You're the kind of people who have difficulty in hearing and in understanding. For you whatever youbhear is an equation to something instead of relation to something... When someone gives a mild but succinct historical account with few insignificant inaccuracies (as he is not readying from a 10000 pages book as you would want him do) you don't just attack the person antagonistically, but with all patience, write some of the things you believe were different from what he said. That way people on this platform may also pass comments to either explain or help you with likely sources lawyer Anokye may have used. I think when we keep an open mind, when someone loosely gives concise historical account in twi in an entertaining style to draw our attention, it should rather encourage us to learn more. Besides, Lawyer Anokye as open as he is, is not afraid of correction if you come with a more credible source of records than what he already have. Lawyer is not like one of those tribalism historians we have known of the past who ignored all written and factual oral accounts to write their own history just to glorify their tribes - thank God those backfired.
@@davidprempeh8998 your statement presupposes that records of aduboahene and Danquah are the only akan history records. On the contrary, Aduboahene had to revise some of his writings due to thebbacklash he received. That should tell you something, that some of the details of their writings were completely wrong... The misconception usually arises when "akanism/bonoism" is only seen in the light of "twism" when in fact twism was rather acquired later on upon several settlements. Dormaa is a newer settlement compared to techiman etc those are some of the few things aduboahene and co either ignorantly or deliberately ignored because of "twism".
Thinking of relocating back home to understudy him. Though I never read history at any level, my love and appetite for history now is unmeasurable. Courtesy this noble and learned lawyer
This man is helping is learn our history. He has to be given national platform to educate the nation. We should leave politics out of this if we believe in democracy. He deserve this.
I've been working on some huge historical projects like this to reference African history, especially the ancient Ghana empire. It's almost done but lacks such facts. It's bigger and more complicated than I can comprehend but I've been looking for this to enrich the story. Love ❤️ this
This man should write a book if he hasn’t yet. It’ll be instrumental in the development of this current Ghanaian generation and subsequent generations.
I like this history. And this professor did well telling the History. My mom told me almost the same history she got it from her grandmother who died in 1960 at the age of 104. But the professor forgot to mention that It was the Dagbon/Dagomba tribe who welcomed we the Akans on their land. Takyiman, Nkoranza, Kintampo, and some small areas in Bono land today used to belong to the Dagombas and other Northern tribes..they are the first people to settle in Modern Ghana.
Yes. But he did not talk about the first akan state. Try to distinguish between state and town/village/city (sub-state)... He skipped a lot of things to establish the purpose of the programme. He can't sit in one piece to talk about everything before he establishes "the origin of Ghana". The state was Bonomanso/Bonomanlezo encompassing geolocation in present day Cote D'Ivoire and Ghana. Bonomanso was not just a town but a state (some Guan settlements inclusive). The Actual seat of the bonoman government was initially unknown, but now established to have been finally moved to Techiman (around the geolocation of present day Techiman). So if we can't exactly pinpoint the initial seat of bonoman rulership but we now know exactly where the rulers settled before the complete scattering of the people (primarily due to the Soninke/Mande attacks) then Mr Anokye could use Techiman (the only bonoman seat of government known) for the purpose of the discussion without necessarily mentioning the Bonoman state.
Let my try to help... Like he explained, the akan language is typically symbolic and its construction is based on available visuals and historical pattern. Since our ancestors have been constantly migrating and mixing cultures at different points in time with different people, the way they pronounce words tend to change by location which brought about the slight difference in tongues. One of the best ways to learn our typical ancient language is to listen to old proverbs, folklore and traditional songs like the Nwomkro. In addition, the Gods, (Abosssom) and spirits also teach us different lost words and songs when they descend on their Priests (Akɔmfoɔ), so listening to them carefully and learning the meanings from the Akyeame will increase your local language vocabulary. In conclusion, the akan language is intuitive and one become well versed when they practice the traditional rituals that comes with it, at least this is my personal experience. Thanks
The ewes from Togo Notsé is not a twi name, is the name of their room king he’s the one rules the people and king agokoli was the war leader or hunter.
He referenced the fact that some traditional account claims what he said, and he went further to give explanation... So that bit is not his notion but what he has gathered from those areas. It may not be factual but that is what he has gathered as a historian. If you had given the meaning of the word "Notsé" then that could shed more light on the matter.
Something is not making sense here, if we were Akans, how the did we become Bono?, again, Techiman was founded after Asante and Bono war of which the people of Bono scattered and later came back to found Techiman, so it’s wrong to say all Akans comes from Techiman.
He was giving a succinct account, so there was no need to go into the deep details...He however gave a hint that the word bono means the same as akan by stating that bono means "piesie" (the first, primus, pioneer, the apex etc) the same is the meaning of akan (except that the term akan if carefully researched was used by the twifo in lieu de bono). So the word bono and akan are interchangeable but because we still have presently a group of people called bono (as a modern distinct group of the old Bono/akan)) that is why he is narrating it that way. So when you say bono you are actually saying akan (but a twifo style) in reality... But in our modern parlance akan become the superset whilst bono becomes a subset - as bono is now a distinct ethnic group among all those who would have been called BONO in the olden days (but are now collectively called AKAN). In other terms, what he is saying make sense as he is narrating it to be understood based on present indicatives of the various akan ethnic groups.
Our great grandfather who we all came from is called Akan when we were in Mesopotamia, during the Ghana Mali war our brothers who first left to settle in Techimam was given the name Bono meaning first Bono is is about 300 to 500 years older than Asante, Asante is not a tribe , it's a warring group formed from our brothers who migrated from Bono Techimam to settle in other lands of now Ghana
Very insightful, I think he forgot to mention the Akyems and how they ended up in Akyem Abuakwa, Kotoku, and Bosome. I enjoyed his teachings. May God bless you for sharing this important knowledge with us.
Hahaha because he new the Akyems are from the Ashantis as the Kwahus. The Akans are made of clans. If you know your clan precisely you know where you migrated from the Adansi or Mampong areas.
@@johnnydarren8444That is actually not true. Akyeam or Okyeam are from the Adansi. The technocrats in Bono. They became one of the first groups to break off from Bono. Okyeam-fight or strong like the tiger. That's why they have the tiger on their crest. They're also one of the tribes that defeat Asantes😊
@@Godkid-jon1 hahaha funny person, where is Adansi in Ghana. Go to your Google map and see Ghana maps, all you know is Bono rubbish. You think Ashanti region is only Kumasi. Mumu person.
We thank the professor for his great knowledge in African history, but he has to clarify the point that they all moved from old Ghana/Mali came as one people with the same culture .ie Language ,folklore ,food , clothing etc were the same. It is here their Newfound land that they became divided under different names. What about the language they speak ?What brought about the differences even though the language is similar in speaking.
Who does not respect who? It is some Bono's who always want to have problems with Asantes, Asantes are living with all other tribes without even listening to where you are from. Do not be deceived
Asante is a knew kid on the block comprised of all Akan and non Akan tribes that came from old Ghana empire. They rather unified all Akans into kingdom.
Thank you so much for bringing the nam Kotoka lnternational Airport . This is an insult to Ghana just like Gold Coast. I think about this always. Let us Mobilise the nationals and take away this name. The Airport Must be called KWAME Nkrumah International Airport KNIA. The memory of the righteous shall be a blessing……looking back and the present is Kotoka a righteous one.CIA operator? Am not alon in this thinking I believe
Eeiii I learnt from else where that Ahanta's got their name after crossing the River Pra. They dried themselves and so were called "those drying their bodies" ie. "Ahantafo "
And with the muslim thing, it was because those people which were majorly now fulani people were capturing us for slave trade, because arabic slave trade was there wayyyy before the Atlantic slave trade
Our historian doing in so many ways but he uncovered himself as an nkrumaist there he is putting aside the great hustorians before him such professer Adu boahen and JB Dankwa .it is these two credible historians who were to tell us the word Akan.and how it was originated. The full meaning of the word Akan is Akandifuo which he got right .the ancient original name of ghana is not ghana as he claims .The ancient name is known as Akan man.or akandifuo.when the arabs conqured the territory through Islamic expansion ,because the couldn't pronounce the akandifuo properly they chose record the akandifuo in the own dialect as Akani in the scripts. Then English too change the Akani to sounds more English for them that's how we have the name ghana now.any one interested in this information should The historian Adu Boahen and JB Dankwa
Again, when kwaeman fought dormaa they ddnt kill the kwaeman chief, now asantes have never fought with present day dormaa people, the leader of then dormaa people are in the present day ivory coast known as the bontoukou… when asantes defeated them, they went to establish gyaamaan kingdom and it was later defeated by the Asantehene opoku ware that led to them going to ivory coast, it was later a portion of them went and asked of land from wamfie people, thats why that place was earlier called wampaamu, they changed their name to dormaa in the early 1940’s
For outsiders called it Ghana empire. It was known as wagadou just like ancient Egypt was known as Kemet/Mizraim or lower nubia as like Ethiopia was known as Aksum then but adopted the name in mordern day.
Again, there was no asante or akyem before before they started fighting And they twifo were staying at the present day jacobu and manso area After the other clans came together and formed asante that was when they migrated to their present day jukwa amd denkyira So they were all living together and speaking the same language… it was the agona (denkyira) people who were being superior and taking people as slaves
i enjoyed every bit of it, the only part i disagree with that did not sit well with me is the translation of the name for the "white" ppl. akwasi broni, sunday he came and broni was and his deeds that our ancestors saw in them. wicked!
