Talk:Okomfo Anokye

OKOMFO ANOKYE of the Ashanti Kingdom
It is unfortunate that the History of Okomfo Anokye is not truely said.In the Ewe history he was the twin brother from Nioatse where the Ewe tribe is said to come from. They had spiritual powers and decided that one of them stays with the tribe and the other goes into the interior to help the Ashanti's in their wars. He is known in the Ashanti dialect as OKOMFO from NIOATSE (which in the Ashanti is translated as Okomfo A NOKYE) and which has now become Okomfo Anokye. He is not an Ashanti but he comes from EWELAND.

The Ewe myth that Okomfo Anokye was from Notsie and Asantes called him Okomfo Anokye signifying “Okomfo a ofiri Notsie” (i.e.: Okomfo who comes from Notsie) cannot be reconciled with Asante or indeed Akan naming conventions.

Asante/Akan naming conventions that signify a person’s origins do not affix an “A” to the beginning of the origin. Rather, Asante/Akan convention from time immemorial appends “ni”, “ba”, “ni ba” or “dehyee” to the end of the origin. Thus among Akans, a person from Notsie will be called “Notsie-ni “ (from Notsie), “Notsie-ba” (Offspring of Notsie), “Notsie-ni ba” (offspring of a child of Notsie), or “Notsie dehyee” (a royal of Notsie) but never “A Notsie”.

Nobody from Nsuta, say, will be called “A-Nsuta” among Akans. Rather, a person from Nsuta may be called Nsuta-ni, Nsuta-ba, Nsuta-ni ba, or Nsuta-dehyee to signify the person’s Nsuta origins.

The alternative naming convention among Akans is to mention the ethnic origins of a person. Thus, if Okomfo Anokye was from Notsie, the Asantes/Akans could call him Okomfo Anwona or Okomfo Ayigbe but never Okomfo Anokye since the Akans call Ewes Anwona or Ayigbe but never Anokye.

From the foregoing, it is implausible that Okomfo Kwaku Frimpong Anokye was Ewe or from Notsie. The Akuapem tradition of Okomfo Anokye’s origin is more plausible and Asantehene have always maintained so

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.152.197.126 (talk) 00:54, 8 November 2010 (UTC)


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Sword in the stone: reference is made to the "dagger" which could not be removed from the ground. on 27 November 1988 I visited Kumasi and at the museum they told me some of the stories about Okomfo Anokye. The sword was on view at the grounds of the university. It just looked like a metal pole, rather than a sword. There was a fence around it to prevent anyone from touching it, and trying to remove it. 08:16, 7 June 2019 (UTC) Noel Ellis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noel Ellis (talk • contribs)