THE GHANA FAMILY SYSTEM ABUSUA

By Richard Antwi-Boasiako

The Abusua family system of the Ghana Akan ethnic group. Understanding the Abusua family system and how to identify the main characteristics of the eight different Abusua groups of the Akan in Ghana.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Richard Antw-Boasiako
• Release date: Jul 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9798218022440

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THE GHANA FAMILY SYSTEM ABUSUA

The Abusua family system of the Ghana Akan ethnic group. Understanding the Abusua family system and how to identify the main characteristics of the eight different Abusua groups of the Akan in Ghana.

Richard Antwi-Boasiako

Published by Richard Antwi-Boasiako, 2022.

Copyright © 2022 Richard Antwi-Boasiako

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ISBN:              (979-8-218-02243-3)

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Dedication

My loving wife

Dr. Hermina Antwi-Boasiako

And loving children

Richard Antwi-Boasiako

Leslie Antwi-Boasiako

Rachel Antwi-Boasiako

Acknowledgement

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I thank my parents Samuel Kwame Antwi-Boasiako (Asona Abusua of Asuom) and Susana Owusua (Ekuona Abusua of Tumfa) for their hard work in training me and instilling in me the discipline that has made me so proud of my heritage.

I acknowledge my older siblings Vera Antwi-Boasiako, Nana Boadi, Charles Antwi-Boasiako, and Hannah Amofa Apenteng for all the history lessons on our rich culture which has enabled me to create such an interesting and important book.

I am most grateful to my numerous teachers, extended family, and friends who in their own special ways shaped my life and made it possible for me to reach this

milestone in my life.

Finally, I give special thanks to my classmates who assisted me with the names, current spelling, and locations of some of the towns mentioned in this book.

My late father’s favorite quote

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"The old order changeth, yielding place to new,

And God fulfills himself in many ways,

Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.

Comfort thyself: what comfort is in me?

I have lived my life, and that which I have done

May he within himself make pure! but thou,

If thou shouldst never see my face again,

Pray for my soul.

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of."

A quote from The Passing of Arthur .

By Alfred Tennyson

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1

The Abusua System

Chapter 2

Aduana Abusua

Chapter 3

The Agona Abusua

Chapter 4

Asakyiri Abusua

Chapter 5

Asenie Abusua

Chapter 6

Asona Abusua

Chapter 7

Bretuo Abusua

Chapter 8

Ekuona Abusua

Chapter 9

Oyoko Abusua

Chapter 10

Abusua, Nton and Ntoron

Chapter 11

Abusua and Proverbs

Chapter 12

Future of Abusua

Preface

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The Abusua system is practiced by the Akan ethnic group in West Africa mainly in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). The Akan occupy more than half of the area of Ghana. The Akan ethnic group is made up of several subgroups such as the Akwamu, Ahanta, Akyem, Asante, Fante, Akwapim, Kwahu, Denkyira, Ahafo, Sefwi, and Assin, just to mention a few. Growing up in Ghana, I was