The Akuapem,[1] one of the main ethnic groups of the Akan people, reside mostly to the south of the Eastern RegionofGhana. They are indigenous, consisting of both patriarchal Volta-Comoe-speaking Guans and matriarchal Kwa-speaking Akans.[2][3]
The Akuapem were formerly Guan speakers, including the Larteh, Mamfe, Abotakyi, Mampong, Obosomase, and Tutu Guan blocks as well as the Kyerepong (Okere) Guan blocks, which comprise Abiriw, Dawu, Awukugua, Adukrom, Apirede, and Abonse-Asesieso. The localities that speak Akan Twi include the capital, Akropong and Amanokurom, which are home to immigrants from Akyem and Mampong, who are also from Asante MamponginAshanti Region.[1]
These multi-ethnic people were given the name Akuapem by Nana Ansa Sasraku I of Akwamu, a renowned warrior king. The word "thousand groups" (Nkuu apem) in Akan Twi is the source of the name. After the people overpowered his Akwamu invasion force, he gave them these names. The term "Nkuu apem" became corrupted to become Akuapem as we currently know them.[1]
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