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29-505: Abengourou is primarily populated by the Anyi ethnic group, a branch of the Akan people who migrated to the region from Ghana . In the 2021 census, the population of the sub-prefecture of Abengourou was 164,424. The city is served by Abengourou Airport . There is also the interior's largest hospital. There is an agricultural vocational training institute, along with a research station that specializes in

58-508: A deity in West African Vodun . Followers of Akan spirituality believe in a supreme god who created the universe. He is distant and does not interact with humans. The creator god takes on different names depending upon the region of worship, including Nyame , Nyankopon , Brekyirihunuade ("Almighty"), Odomankoma ("infinite inventor"), Ɔbɔadeɛ ("creator") and Anansi Kokuroko ("the great designer" or "the great spider"). There

87-570: A foreigner learning migrating to a foreign country. Other than Ananse stories, Akan religion made a huge impact. The Akan pantheon of gods referred to as Abosom in Twi were documented. Enslaved Akan would praise Nyankopong (erroneously written by the British as Accompong, not related to the Maroon leader Accompong [Twi: Akyeampon ]); libations would be poured to Asase Yaa (erroneously written as 'Assarci') and Epo

116-505: A matrilineal people, and women have relatively high social status in both the political and economic arenas. The Anyi live in loose neighborhoods of family housing complexes which are generally spread apart. Funerary images and monuments are the preferred forms of art of the Anyi. A family often displays its affluence through the decadence of its memorials as greater beauty is thought to indicate greater respect to those being memorialized. To marry

145-571: A mere mortal would never be able to. Kômians are gathered in secret societies. The Agnis language is part of the Niger-Congo languages. Allegedly, there are 250 000 speakers in the Sud- Comöe. Anyi operate primarily under an agricultural economy which revolves around banana and taro production. Yams are also an important staple crop. Many locally grown crops were introduced from the Americas during

174-502: A monarchial system, which is also true for the Anyi. Before France colonized the regions inhabited by the Anyi there were three castes: nobility, freemen, and slaves. Today there is usually a local headman, who is directed by a council of elders and who represents his constituency in regional politics. Like other Akan peoples, the Anyi have a highly stratified society that includes a hierarchical political administration with titled officials who proudly display their rank and power. The Anyi are

203-611: A mourning period that allows the family and community to show their respect for the departed in order to guarantee a welcome into the spirit world. Among the Agnis people, the féticheur is called Kômian. In the Akan societies of Ghana and on the Ivorian Coast, Kômian qualifies everyone with a knowledge of the occult. Kômians can teach their knowledge to the monarchs or predict the future. Their magical/religious trances allow them to learn concepts that

232-411: A suitor must provide three things: Adultery is frowned upon; at one time people would be banished from villages due to it and even put to death. The women have to admit how many lovers they have had, to save both their own lives and the ones of their children. The husbands can then decide to forgive them or not. The Anyi follow a traditional belief Akan religion and also Islam and Christianity. In

261-480: A syncretic Christian sect. Kumfu followers gravitated to the American Revival of 1800 Seventh Day Adventist movement because it observed Saturday as god's day of rest. This was a shared aboriginal belief of the Akan people as this too was the day that the Akan god, Nyame rested after creating the earth. Jamaicans that were aware of their Ashanti past while wanting to keep hidden, mixed their Kumfu spirituality with

290-447: Is also practiced by the Anyi. Akan religion Akan religion comprises the traditional beliefs and religious practices of the Akan people of Ghana and eastern Ivory Coast . Akan religion is referred to as Akom . Although most Akan people have identified as Christians since the early 20th century, Akan religion remains practiced by some and is often syncretized with Christianity. The Akan have many subgroups (including

319-512: Is an Afro-Surinamese religion which is largely derived from both Akom and Vodun with Vodun gods such as Loco, Ayizu and so on. Haitian Vodou is a syncretic religion that combines Vodun with several other African religions in addition to influences from Catholicism . Here latent influences of Akan beliefs can be seen in the incorporation of Anansi as one of the Lwa worshiped in the Haitian religion. He

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348-525: Is connected to Thursdays and Thursday-borns and hence, revered by farmers on Thursdays. The mother of the abosom is Bosompo, the primordial goddess of the sea, who came after Abo, Nyame, and Asase Yaa. The abosom , or the lower deities or spirits, assist humans on earth. These are akin to orishas in Yoruba religion , the vodun in West African Vodun and its derivatives (such as Lwa in Haitian Vodun, and

377-739: Is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Abengourou , with its cathedral at the Cathédrale Sainte Thérèse de l'enfant Jésus. In 2014, the population of the sub-prefecture of Abengourou was 135,635. The seventeen villages of the sub-prefecture of Abengourou and their population in 2014 are: This Comoé District location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Anyi people The Agnis people (or Anyi ) are an Akan people living in West Africa. There are approximately 1,200,000 of them, mainly in

406-574: Is no concept of a trinity in Akan religion, like in Christianity, but rather the veneration of the Creator, Mother Earth and the ancestors besides the abosom. The supreme creator is an omniscient , omnipotent god called Nyame . Asase Yaa (also known as Mother Earth), is second to the creator. Together they brought forth four children: Bia, Epo, Bosomtwe and Tano . The Creator is connected to Saturdays and Saturday-borns, while Asase Yaa (Mother Earth)

435-663: The Fanti , Ashanti , the Akuapem , the Wassa , the Abron , the Anyi , and the Baoulé , among others), so the religion varies greatly by region and subgroup. Similar to other traditional religions of West and Central Africa such as West African Vodun , Yoruba religion , or Odinani , Akan cosmology consists of a senior god who generally does not interact with humans and many gods who assist humans. Anansi

464-464: The alusi in Odinani ). Abosom receive their power from the creator god and are most often connected to the world as it appears in its natural state. Priests serve individual abosom and act as mediators between the abosom and humankind. Many of those who believe in these traditions participate in daily prayer, which includes the pouring of libations as an offering to both the ancestors who are buried under

493-575: The earth . Also the Ashanti funerary/war colours: red and black have the same meaning in Revival of vengeance . Other Ashanti elements include the use of swords and rings as means to guard the spirit from spiritual attack. The Asantehene like the Mother Woman of Revival, has special two swords used to protect himself from witchcraft called an Akrafena or soul sword and a Bosomfena or spirit sword Winti

522-852: The Aby lagoon, they founded the Indenie kingdom , the Kingdom of Sanwi , Moronou kingdom with the Mrôfo Agnis, Kingdom of Bettié , and the Kingdom of Diabe . Other subgroups of the Agnis exist, such as the Agnis-Assonvon near Ebilassokro, in the East of the Ivory Coast. Michael Jackson was once crowned the King of the Agni people when he visited Africa in the 1990's. Making him one of

551-596: The American Adventists to create Jamaican Revival in 1860. Revival has two sects: 60 order (or Zion Revival, the order of the heavens) and 61 order (or Pocomania , the order of the earth). 60 order worships God and spirits of air or the heavens on a Saturday and considers itself to be the more 'clean' sect. 61 order more deals with spirits of the earth. This division of Kumfu clearly shows the dichotomy of Nyame and Asase Yaa's relationship, Nyame representing air and has his 60 order'; Asase Yaa having her 61 order of

580-467: The Atlantic slave trade. These include maize, manioc, peppers, peanuts, tomatoes, squash, and sweet potatoes. Farm animals include sheep, goats, chickens, and dogs. Markets which are primarily run by women take place every four days and are the center of the local economy. Local produce and craft items are sold alongside imported goods. Palm oil is sold as a commodity on the international market. Forestry work

609-608: The Ivory Coast. They also live in Ghana. They were the first people in this region to have come into contact with the European colonizers during the 18th century. According to different sources, multiple forms of their names can be observed: Agnis, Ani, Anya, Anyi, Anyis, Ndenie. At the beginning of the 18th century, the first Agnis, coming from the Ashanti kingdom from Ghana, crossed the Ivorian frontier with another group of Akans. When they got to

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638-484: The abo were sources of healing and medicine. They also have different realms in Asoro (the realm of the gods). The Nsamanfo are the ancestors . According to Akan oral tradition, the first being was Nyame, who created Asase Yaa to be his wife. Asase Yaa later created the deity Abo, the primordial cluster of stones. Later, Bosompo appeared, and married Abo, giving birth to the primordial abosom. Some abosom decided to inhabit

667-478: The corporeal world, becoming landmarks like lakes and mountains, while others inhabited the spiritual realm. Nyame and Asase Yaa went on to have other children, such as Bia, Tano , Epo, and Anansi . According to Long, Akan (then referred to as " Coromantee ") culture obliterated any other African customs and incoming non-Akan Africans had to submit to the culture of the majority Akan population in Jamaica , much like

696-450: The land and to the spirits who are everywhere. Such abosom are also believed to give health, fertility, prosperity, protection from witches and other needs to those who have established communication with them. The abosom were divided into three groups; the atano (gods from water bodies such as rivers, led by Tano), ewim (sky gods) and the abo (gods from the mountains). The ewim were considered to be judgemental and merciless, while

725-460: The local crops of cocoa and coffee . These crops are then transported the 151 kilometres (94 mi) to Abidjan for export. Within the city is the residence of the Anyi paramount chief, who is also the King of Indénié , a kingdom founded in the 18th century. His home was built in 1882 and is decorated with artifacts. The name "Abengourou" stems from the Akan language expression "n'pé kro", which means "I don't like long discussions". The city

754-522: The only significantly popular music artists with actual royalty status. 11% of Agnis live in Abengourou : the main city in the old Indenie kingdom. The rest of the people is spread out over the regions of N'zi-Comoé, Zanzan, the Kingdom of Sanwi as well as a minority in Ghana. From 1990 on, a social divide in the big cities has emerged: the forest peoples gathered in the areas the savannah peoples mainly migrated to. The Akan people generally operate under

783-463: The sea god. Bonsam was referred to as the god of evil. Kumfu (from the word Akom the name of the Akan spiritual system) was documented as Myal and originally only found in books, while the term Kumfu is still used by Jamaican Maroons. The priest of Kumfu was called a Kumfu-man . The Jamaican Maroon spirit-possession language , a creolized form of Akan , is used in religious ceremonies of some Jamaican Maroons . Kumfu evolved into Revival,

812-401: The spider is a folk hero who is prominent in Ashanti folktales where he is depicted as a wise trickster . In other aspects of Akan spirituality, Anansi is also sometimes considered both a trickster and a deity associated with wisdom, responsible for creating the first inanimate humans, according to the scholar Anthony Ephirim-Donkor. This is similar to Legba , who is also both a trickster and

841-415: The traditional belief Akan religion living one's life so that one will be remembered and respected as an ancestor is a primary motivation. Their religious system is based upon the continued honoring of one's departed ancestors. When a person passes away an elaborate ceremony follows, involving ritual washing, dressing the deceased in fine garments and gold jewelry to be laid in state for up to three days, and

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