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The Akans of Ghana
The Akan tribes of Ghana consist of the Asantes, the Fantis, the Akims, etc.. They are the majority ethnic group in Ghana and presently the most popular matrilineal society in Africa. With an inheritance system in which a man’s direct heirs are his sister’s children, and not his children. However at the moment, this matrilineal system of inheritance among the Akan tribes only applies to customary marriages.
