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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Akan /əˈkæn/ are a meta-ethnicity and Potou–Tano Kwa ethno-linguistic group predominantly residing on the Ashantiland Peninsula on the Gulf of Guinea in the southern regions of the former Gold Coast region in what is today the republic of Ghana and Akans also make-up the majority of the populace in the Ivory Coast.Akans are the largest meta-ethnicity and ethno-linguistic group in both countries and have a population of roughly 20 million people. The Akan language (also known as Twi–Fante) is a group of dialects within the Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano Kwa language family. Also included under the term \"Akan\" are the Bia languages (in which case it is common to speak of \"Akan languages\", as a group of languages).Subgroups of the Akan proper include:Asante, Akuapem and Akyem (the Asante, Akuapem and Akyem dialects are together known as Twi), Agona, Kwahu, Wassa, Fante (Fanti or Mfantse: Anomabo, Abura, Gomua) and Bono.Subgroups of the Bia-speaking groups include: the Anyin, Baoulé, Chakosi (Anufo), Sefwi (Sehwi), Nzema, Ahanta and Jwira-Pepesa. The Akan subgroups have cultural attributes in common, notably the tracing of descent, inheritance of property, and succession to high political office.A large number of Akans were taken as captives to the Americas, and many people of African descent in the Americas have partial Akan ancestry. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Akan slaves were all referred to as Coromantees. Due to their organization, common language, and fierce nature, Coromantees were responsible for the majority of slave revolts in the Caribbean and North America."@en }

• Akan_people abstract "The Akan /əˈkæn/ are a meta-ethnicity and Potou–Tano Kwa ethno-linguistic group predominantly residing on the Ashantiland Peninsula on the Gulf of Guinea in the southern regions of the former Gold Coast region in what is today the republic of Ghana and Akans also make-up the majority of the populace in the Ivory Coast.Akans are the largest meta-ethnicity and ethno-linguistic group in both countries and have a population of roughly 20 million people. The Akan language (also known as Twi–Fante) is a group of dialects within the Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano Kwa language family. Also included under the term \"Akan\" are the Bia languages (in which case it is common to speak of \"Akan languages\", as a group of languages).Subgroups of the Akan proper include:Asante, Akuapem and Akyem (the Asante, Akuapem and Akyem dialects are together known as Twi), Agona, Kwahu, Wassa, Fante (Fanti or Mfantse: Anomabo, Abura, Gomua) and Bono.Subgroups of the Bia-speaking groups include: the Anyin, Baoulé, Chakosi (Anufo), Sefwi (Sehwi), Nzema, Ahanta and Jwira-Pepesa. The Akan subgroups have cultural attributes in common, notably the tracing of descent, inheritance of property, and succession to high political office.A large number of Akans were taken as captives to the Americas, and many people of African descent in the Americas have partial Akan ancestry. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Akan slaves were all referred to as Coromantees. Due to their organization, common language, and fierce nature, Coromantees were responsible for the majority of slave revolts in the Caribbean and North America.".