Akan (African people)

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003050
- info:lc/authorities/sh85003050
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85003050#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Akans (African people)
- Twi Fante (African people)
Broader Terms
- Ethnology--Côte d'Ivoire
- Ethnology--Ghana
Narrower Terms
Related Terms
- Fanti (African people)
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb12020802r
Earlier Established Forms
- Akans (African people)
Sources
- found: African ethnonyms and toponyms: p. 142 (Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast))
- found: Britannica Micro. (Akan)
- found: Ethnologue: p. 104 (Akan)
- found: Voegelin lang.: p. 347 (Akan (Twi Fante))
LC Classification
- DT510.43.A53
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 1993-07-16: revised

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