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Akan

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noun

  1. pl. Akan or Akans a member of any of a group of peoples living mainly in Ghana and parts of the Ivory Coast, including the Ashanti of Ghana
  2. the Kwa language of these peoples

adjective

of the Akan or their language or culture

See Akan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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