Sunsum
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Among the Akan people
the Sunsum is one's Spirit. The Sunsum is what connects the body (honam) to the soul (Kra
). The Sunsum comes from ones interaction with the world and is the unique means of existence which makes each person an individual. It is not divine like the Kra, and it perishes when a person dies.
Akan people
The Akan people are an ethnic group found predominately in Ghana and The Ivory Coast. Akans are the majority in both of these countries and overall have a population of over 20 million people.The Akan speak Kwa languages-Origin and ethnogenesis:...
the Sunsum is one's Spirit. The Sunsum is what connects the body (honam) to the soul (Kra
Kra (Mythology)
In the mythology of the Akan the kra is the soul of a person it is of divine origin. That is to say, one gets their "Kra" from God .An Akan conforms to the abusua/ of his mother, and receives the Ntoro from his father. These maternal and paternal bonds follow the Akan wherever he travels...
). The Sunsum comes from ones interaction with the world and is the unique means of existence which makes each person an individual. It is not divine like the Kra, and it perishes when a person dies.