MJ in CIV 1992



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Agni-Krinjabo region

الملكي فوق الله: Civ Takes the Throne....Still got Mad Love for Ghana.

But Fashion/Glamor wise, The Ivorians are just better.

Short Story on the Baoule

BAULE PEOPLE: THE ARTISTIC AKAN TRIBE IN IVORY COAST

The Baule (Baoule or Bawule) people is one of the largest ethnic group in the Côte d'Ivoire. They have played a central role in twentieth-century history of the country. They waged the longest war of resistance to French colonization of any West African people, and maintained their traditional objects and beliefs longer than many groups in such constant contact with European administrators, traders, and missionaries.

Baule women of Ivory Coast

The Baule belong to the Akan peoples who inhabit Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. According to a legend, during the eighteenth century, the queen, Abla Poku and her factions after having a serious disagreement with their Ashanti king had to lead her people west to the shores of the Comoe, the land of Senufo. In order to cross the river, she sacrificed her own son. This sacrifice was the origin of the name Baule, for baouli means “the child has died.”

(Rectification: there is no baoule presently living in Ghana. They are of Ashanti descent but migrated west because of querrels within the Ashanti kingdom. Abla Pokou (aka Abena Pokuua her real name) was the sister of Osei Tutu king of the Ashanti...to be continued)

They displaced and intermarried with the Senufu of the north and Guru people of the west. They came to dominate southern Ivory Coast. Poku died in 1760 and was burried in her capital, the town of Warebo, close to Bouake. Queen Akwa Boni, niece of Poku, inherited the throne. Her people became known as the Baoule and took over the gold mines west of the Bandama River. At the death of Queen Akwa, the kingdom plunged into dynastic disputes among the major family heads. The kingdom never achieved great unity, as the Empire of Asante. It was conquered by the French in the latter half of the 1800s.

Now about one million Baule occupy a part of the eastern Côte d'Ivoire between the Komoé and Bandama rivers that is both forest and savanna land. Baule society was characterized by extreme individualism, great tolerance, a deep aversion toward rigid political structures, and a lack of age classes, initiation, circumcision, priests, secret societies, or associations with hierarchical levels. Each village was independent from the others and made its own decisions under the presiding presence of a council of elders. Everyone participated in discussions, including slaves. It was an egalitarian society. The Baule compact villages are divided into wards, or quarters, and subdivided into family compounds of rectangular dwellings arranged around a courtyard; the compounds are usually aligned on either side of the main village street.
The Baule are agriculturists; yams and maize are the staples, supplemented by fish and game; coffee, cocoa and kola nuts are major cash crops. The importance of the yam is demonstrated in an annual harvest festival in which the first yam is symbolically offered to the ancestors, whose worship is a prominent aspect of Baule religion.

Ancestors are the object of worship but are not depicted. The foundation of Baule social and political institutions is the matrilineal lineage; each lineage has ceremonial stools that embody ancestral spirits. Paternal descent is recognized, however, and certain spiritual and personal qualities are believed to be inherited through it. The Baule believe in an intangible and inaccessible creator god, Nyamien. Asie, the god of the earth, controls humans and animals. The spirits, or amuen, are endowed with supernatural powers. Religion is founded upon the idea of the immortality of the soul.

Like several other groups with Akan origin, Baoulé children are often named according to the day of the week or the circumstances under which they were born. For example, a male born on a Monday would be named Kouassi. However, there are slight variations in the spelling and pronunciation specific to the Baoulé. It should also be noted that the Baoulé have a calendar that is different from the Akan calendar of other Akan subgroups.

This may be due to the circumstances of their departure from Akanland and the need for them to mark a separation with the Ashanti Kingdom. For Akan subgroups such as the Ashanti, Abron, N'zima, Koffi may be a name for a boy child born on Friday. For the Baoulé, Koffi and Affoué are names for Saturday, the day being Foué. There is, therefore, a sound common to the day and the names.

http://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane..com/2012/11/baule-people-artistic-akan-tribe-in_6.html


Day born Variants Meaning
Djole (Monday) Kouadjo, Adjoua The name of the day is Djole
Mlan(Tuesday) Konan, Amlan The name of the day is Mlan
Ouwe (Wednesday)Kouakou, Ahou The name of the day is Ouwe
Yah (Thursday) Yao, Aya The name of the day is Yah
Foue (Friday) Koffi, Affoué The name of the day is Foue
Monnin (Saturday)Kouame, Amoin The name of the day is Monnin
Kissie(Sunday) Kouassi,Akissi The name of the day is Kissie

Sybellah:

but do u think all that gold (for the kings) r real ones? i mean this is a lot ooo...i think they r probably mixing fake and real G

looool moi aussi je crois qu'il y a plein de plaqué or dedans oooh

Which Akan group is in Ivory Coast?

ezeagu: Which Akan group is in Ivory Coast?

There are Baule, Agni, Abron or Brong, Akyé, Abbey, Avikam, Ebrié, Nzema etc...

OKAY! Ghanaman here, lemme try and search for some Ghanaian-Akan stuff.....

coming ryt up

btw.....Sybella.......great job my Akan Princess.......

#Royal! I see ya

AKAN-GHANA







QUEEN MOTHER
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MODERN TWIST TO KENTE DRESS
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AKAN-GHANA.....KENTE....GOLD

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OTUMFOU OSEI TUTU
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AKAN-GHANA





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lovely

some of them look like Ivorian

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lovely

I think she is Ivorian (Brong girl from Bondoukou region)

otumfour: OKAY! Ghanaman here, lemme try and search for some Ghanaian-Akan stuff.....

coming ryt up

btw.....Sybella.......great job my Akan Princess.......

#Royal! I see ya

thanx

الملكي فوق الله: Ight I see Ghana man came through to represent...

The Ghanaian Akan seem to Incorporate much more Yellow's,Orange and Green into their Clothes.

good observation, that the major color of the type of kente they use

ivorian225: looool moi aussi je crois qu'il y a plein de plaqué or dedans oooh

tu vois non, porke si tt ca c'etait de l'or, there were gonna be spanky rich lool
gotta run
happy hollidays

happy holidays guys, bye bye

....lol HapiiHolidaze.

This vid is full of pretty women


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stcMLaK2aF0

More Civ Awesomeness from Sybby

Meiway the most famous NZema singer, celebrating women bosom


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIlE0MmRJIc

Here is a more recent one, celebrating women backside
that man is such a perv luv him



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGvImhqlg5A

الملكي فوق الله: ....


...Is that a Red Durag

lol dun mind him, he is forcing the style

More vids from Meiway:

Adibebe: here he is telling to old perv to stick with women from their age and stop chasing lil girls on the street


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-VyHmqlJZc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to8R5zRPXyA

I ll post more vids from other Akan speaking singers a bit later

^^^ Freddy Meiwei was very famous in Ghana in the 90's........he's from the Nzema side I guess......

otumfour: ^^^ Freddy Meiwei was very famous in Ghana in the 90's........he's from the Nzema side I guess......

yup he is Nzema, do U understand to some extent what he is saying? I ve heard Nzema is the closest CIV language to twi