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akyeneboa

Twi/Akan · Akan, Ghana · Kinship

Clan totem. Harvard's ELIAS Twi course glosses akyeneboa as 'totem', the animal emblem that marks each Akan clan (abusua), e.g. the parrot for Agona and the dog for Aduana.

Each Akan clan has its own animal totem.

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