History of The Akan people The Akan are a meta-ethnicity living primarily in the countries of present-day Ghana 🇬🇭 , Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 and Togo 🇹🇬. The Akan language (also known as Twi/Fante) are a group of dialects within the Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano subfamily of the Niger–Congo family. Subgroups of the Akan people include: the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Ashanti, Bono, Fante, Kwahu, Wassa, and Sefwi. Subgroups of the Bia-speaking Akan groups include the Anyin, Baoulé, Chakos

Bono is the origin and mother of Akan Every Akan is from Bono, Bono therefore becomes the basis of Akan civilisation and origin. Historian/Lawyer Yaw Anokye Frimpong attest to it. The popular twi evolved from Bono twi by the Twifo tribe which had influenced on other Akan subgroups. | The Bono People-Akan Of West Africa