Awurade Kasa

Many Akan communities trace their origins to sacred forest sites and rock shelters through oral traditions. Archaeological evidence not only confirms the indigenous origins of the Akan but also shows that many settlement sites were occupied for thousands of years.

A common misconception is that the Guan are the true indigenous people, while the Akan migrated from the Sahel. In reality, ancestors of the Fante moved south of the central forest zone toward the coast and encountered non-Akan groups already present.