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Akan Tradition

Akan (Asante, Bono, Fante, Akuapem, and related peoples)

Name Date

1. Who's who

Write the letter of each figure's role next to their name.

  1. 1.Asase Yaa
  2. 2.Nyame
  3. 3.Tano
  4. 4.Anansi
  5. 5.Bia
  • A.the Tano River, war, thunder
  • B.the Bia River, the western forests
  • C.sky, creation, supreme deity
  • D.the earth, fertility of the soil, the dead
  • E.wisdom, stories, trickery

2. Family and relationships

Fill in each blank with a name from the word bank.

Word bank: Nyame · Tano

  1. 1. is a parent of Tano.
  2. 2. is a parent of Bia.
  3. 3. is the spouse of Asase Yaa.
  4. 4. is a parent of Anansi.
  5. 5. is a sibling of Bia.

3. Short answers

  1. 1. What was Asase Yaa associated with, and which symbols help you recognise Asase Yaa?

  2. 2. What was Nyame associated with, and which symbols help you recognise Nyame?

  3. 3. Retell “How Anansi Bought the World's Stories” in two or three sentences. Who is involved, and what changes by the end?

  4. 4. Retell “Tano and Bia Divide the Land” in two or three sentences. Who is involved, and what changes by the end?

Answer key: Akan Tradition

1. Who's who

  1. 1. Asase Yaa: D
  2. 2. Nyame: C
  3. 3. Tano: A
  4. 4. Anansi: E
  5. 5. Bia: B

2. Family and relationships

  1. 1. Nyame
  2. 2. Nyame
  3. 3. Nyame
  4. 4. Nyame
  5. 5. Tano

3. Short answers (guidance)

  1. 1. the earth, fertility of the soil, the dead. Symbols: the soil, the hoe, libation poured on the ground. (mythosatlas.com/deities/asase-yaa)
  2. 2. sky, creation, supreme deity. Symbols: sky, sun, moon. (mythosatlas.com/deities/nyame)
  3. 3. The clever spider Anansi bargains with the sky god Nyame to purchase all the world's stories by completing four impossible tasks. (mythosatlas.com/stories/anansi-bought-stories)
  4. 4. The sky god Nyame means to divide his lands between his sons Tano and Bia, but a goat's advice sends the wrong son to receive the fertile country, and the rivalry of two rivers begins. (mythosatlas.com/stories/tano-and-bia-divide-the-land)

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