The Akyem are an Akan people. The term Akyem (Akim) is used to describe a group of three states: Akyem Abuakwa, Akyem Kotoku and Akyem Bosome. These nations are located primarily in the eastern regions of modern-day Ghana. The term is also used to describe the general area where the Akyem ethnic group clusters. The Akyem ethnic group make up betwe...
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(from the article `Akwamu`) ...the Ewe people of the Ho region. By this time, however, their former satellite, Asante, had grown rich and powerful and was becoming increasingly ... ...had hitherto served only to produce gold and kola nuts for the northern trade. In the 17th century three major forest kingdoms emerged: Denkyera ... [2...
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