HOUSE OF DAKON AKAN ANCESTRY

AKAN ANCESTRY –AKAN (Genesis 36:27).

The House of ‘Ja Akan

The Ancestry of the Adako Royal line that rules the Baoule Kingdom of the Akans in La Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo is the Matriarchal Ancestral Imperial Royal House of 'Ja Akan - DAKON Branch of the OYOKO -DAKO ROYAL CLAN OF THE AKAN EMPIRE.
The Baule Kingdom was founded in 1720 by the Great Asante Warrior-Queen and Head of the Royal Family HIM Nanan Abena Pokua (Queen Abla Poukou) that broke away from the Akan Ruling House in Kwaman/Kumasi after the assassination of Nana Dako, heir to the throne and brother of Nana Pokua. This is the official oral history as it was handed down from generation to generation since 1717.

The Baule Kingdom was founded by Nana Abena Pokua (NANAN ABLA POUKOU - 1720 and consolidated by 1730. ), she reigned as the Warrior Queen of the Akans in present day La Cote d’Ivoire 1730 -1760 .The  current Supreme Head of the ADAKO Imperial Dynasty:       Nana Baffour Gyanko Fofie I, Dakon-Warebo at Tanou-Sakassou, Republic of La Cote d'Ivoire, Tanoso/Nsuta---Republic of Ghana;        Chokosi and all Akan Kingdoms in the Republic of Togo

THE AKANS- Members of Adako-Oyoko Royal Dynasty and all Akan Clans in La Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo.

The Akan people of West Africa migrated from the Nubia Kushite Empire region,  present day area of  the Middle East near the Wilderness of the Seir Mountains and  were originally part of the Horite Group who lived on the Seir Mountains, reigned by the Patriarch Esau of  the Mitanni peoples of Mesopotamia under the Nubia-Egypt Throne name of Saussatar, the biblical region form the Edomite Nation.(see Jaakan. or AKAN )

The House of 'Ja - (over 10,000 years old) is the Imperial Throne House of the Royal Houses  of the Nubia/Kush  Imperial Empire and its descendent Kingdoms in Africa.  Out of this Imperial line came the Akans who founded the old Akana (Ancient Ghana) Empire that ruled for over thousand years in the confluence of the Niger and the vast regions of Western Africa.

Hammurabi, Kush, ruled believing in the Lord of all Spirits, It was Patriarch Nimrod who, having fallen short of the glory of God, the Universal Forefather, rebelled and established his own form of worship which his descendants adhered to through their ATANO'S in shrines.

After the Jews defeated the Edomites, the Akans who were part of the Horite (Horus /Hammurabi/Kush/Nimrod) Kingdom moved and established alliance with the Israelites. The Akans have always been the ruling class. Through the ages they established various kingdoms from the Mesopotamia to Ethiopia, Kush, Egypt, Nubia and on to the formation of the Akana (Ghana) Empire and Akan Kingdoms in West Africa today.

Our Ancestors, descendants of the Patriarch AKAN, have, after the fall of King Solomon, changed the  Monotheistic Religion of Solomon into a Polytheistic religion, taking into consideration King Solomon;s many wives. plurial marriages of King Solomon and build  viable clans and / or kingdoms that culminated into  the Akana (Ghana) Empire that flourished in that area from 300 AD to 1100 AD. The Empire was ruled by the seven principal patriarchs of the Akan royal Family namely, Ekuona, Adako and Oyoko, Aduana, Asona, Bretuo, Asona, Asene, Agona and Asakyiri.

The Akans tenaciously held on to their form of worship.   Akan are very spiritual and religious people and hold on to their beliefs. The dispersion after Babylon did not shake their system of belief. At the peak of their glory in the ancient Akana (Ghana) Empire occurred the invasion of the Amoravid that brought the Islamic religion. The invasion and the forced imposition of Islam, made our ancestors resist the newcomers and after heavy warfare, they moved from their Capital Sikassou in present day Mali to Gonja in present day northern Ghana, on to the banks of the River Tano, present day Amprofi Tanoso founding the Sacred Dominion of Amprofi Tano at Tanoso, where all the Seven Akan clans congregated and worshipped their God through their Deities..  The Akans rejected Islam because of their own believes in the One God, Oboadae Onyankonpon Kwame - God the Creator.         The Royal Households of each clan were assigned a royal stool which was the accompanied by a Tano- Deity, to provide spiritual guidance and the power to establish Kingdoms.  The total population of Akans in entire West Africa is estimated as approximately 40 Million, today

Akan Lines within Ghana Regions:

• The Asante  and Adanse are south central, Ashanti Province.
• The Akuapem are southeast, in areas north of Accra.
• Akyems and Kwahus in the eastern region
• The Fante and Denkyira are south, central, between Winneba, Takoradi, and Obuasi
• Abron are mid western Ghana.
• Sanhwi and Nzima / Agni are in the western Ghana
• The Krachi and the Guans are in the middle belt  all the way to Nkwanta in the Northen Volta region of Ghana

Dialects

• FANTE (FANTI, MFANTSE), AKUAPEM (AKWAPEM TWI, TWI, AKUAPIM, AKWAPI), ASANTE (ASHANTE TWI, TWI, ASANTI, ACHANTI), AGONA, DANKYIRA, ASEN, AKYEM BOSOME, KWAWU, AHAFO.

The Akan dialects in La COTE DIVOIRE are:

• ABONO, BAULE, AGNI, SANWHI, ABORE, NZIMA, AHIZI, EBRIE, AKYIE, ABBE, MBATTO.

Comments : Dialects are largely inherently inelligible. The speech of the Asante and Akuapem is called TWI, Dictionary. Grammar. SVO. Literacy rate in first language: 30% to 60%. Literacy rate in second language: 5% to 10%.

The history of the Akans Empire in Ghana

The formation of the old Akana (Ghana) Empire in about 300 AD until 1100 AD has been well documented. The fact that the Akans migrated to the southern sector of West Africa to maintain their religious freedom is an important point that should not be overlooked. God the Creator of the Universe has always played a leading role in the spiritual and socio-economic development of the Akans. Miraculous interventions in the socio-political development of the Akans pointed to the spiritual encounters they were to have with God.

God Almighty, the anointed One, has always been there to rescue the people from the shackles of sin and shame. As they progressed in the formation of nation states, the various clans built formidable kingdoms throughout West Africa.

The Muslims, led by the Amoravid, invaded the land with the intention to impose the Islamic worship of Allah on our ancestors. The Akans defended their long held faith in the Ancestral God, the Creator of the Universe, Odomankoma Twereaduapon Onyankopon Kwame and fought the Islamists. They first moved to an area now occupied by the Nauris, and the Gonjas and then to Amprofi Tanoso and Tano Bourse where the Priest and the High Preistess founded the Amprofi Tano Temple the Oldest known Worship and Spiritual Center of Akans along the fringes of the river Tano and there founded the first Akan Kingdom by 1100 A.D., All the Matriarchal Heads of the Akan Clans congregated there  before any Akan clan thought of forming a Nation. For it was there that each Akan Clan received a Tano Deity to form its own  Kingdom. The Akans are one family that lived in clans before the Matriarchs’ decided to share their power and allow the Sons to form Kingdoms and they devote their time to temple administration and duties.

By the time, our ancestors moved to form the Abono Kingdom, the various clans had increased in number and inter-clan rivalry was the order of the day. With this, the clans started seeking power and protection from various shrines. They had forsaken their One and Only God: Oboadae Onyankopon Kwame and the worship of the totalities of the Spirits.

The Chief Priestess of the Tano River Deity, Asuo Tano was  (is)the powerful Guiding  Deity of the Akans - God of the Akans and founded a City of Refuge and a Religious Worship Capital for the Tano deity called Tanoso.

Very soon it became the Spiritual Capital of all the Akan Clans. With her spiritual power and influence over the clans, the High Priestess mobilized all the Akan Deities to congregate at Tanoso as their worship- and festival center. A decree was established that no fetish priest or priestess could practice without going through a rigorous religious test by the gods at Tanoso. This was the order of the time and as such the Tano and the Abosom, (asom a esom buo. a worthy form of worship) as they were called, came to play an important role in the life and governance of the Akans.

The formation of the Akans political and governmental system was determined by the High Priestess, Nana Amprofi II.

With the increase in worship and festivals in honor of the Tano Deities, all the Akan clan-chiefs were vying for position of power and control. Instead of worship and productive activities, the clan-chiefs were given to infighting and litigations. Therefore, the High Priestess, after consultation with the Deities', the Matriarchal Heads and Clan Elders selected her son Kwarten to head their Clan as the Supreme Chief, to take care of the administration and needs of the people and she advised all the Matriarchs of each clan to do likewise.

After the Matriarchs had installed their sons as Chiefs, the High Priestess invited all the Akan Clan-Chiefs and informed them, that since they are of one ancestry and common lineage, they have to adopt a system of Governance and worship that will ensure ethnic continuity and solidarity among the clans.

The High Priestess succeeded in uniting the clans through the deities. The Priests and the Priestesses exercised spiritual and socioeconomic control in association with the chiefs and ushered in a period of peace and growth within the Akan community for several centuries. The Sacred Dominion of AMPROFI TANO, at Tanoso near Techiman became the Center of Akan Religion and Worship.

The High Priestess, in order to  completely control  the souls and lives of the people at all times, invoked the deity Tano and distributed thrones controlled by the various Tano deities to all  clans and asked them to build their kingdoms around each Tano deity, to seek to live together as Akans. This started the transmigration of the various Akan clans across the territory, which today is classified as Akan land in West Africa and the formation of various Chiefdoms and Kingdoms with the Tano deities controlling the thrones and stools and the very lives of the people.

As the years went by, our ancestors, in their quest for nation building and supremacy, started their inter-clan wars which forced the migration of the various Akan clans to different parts of West Africa from the 1100th to 1500th.. The Akans began to spread across the region from the east of the river Comoe, to the west of the river Afram (Volta). By the 15th century, the Denkyiras emerged as the dominant Akan Group and formed a powerful Kingdom that controlled the political and economic life of the Akans until the Asantes, under King Osei Tutu defeated it and reduced the Denkyira kingdom into a vassal state by 1680.

When the Asante Union was established, it was meant to replace the tyrannical monarchical dictatorship, headed by Nana Ntim Gyakari of the Denkyiras. The Union was created originally to be for all Akans, irrespective of location. Hence, the High Priest Okomfo Anokye hails from other Akan GROUP. The oracles and the holy water used for the invocation by the high Priest, the very source of the unifying force, the Golden Stool itself originates from the Tano Deities that guards all the Akan Clans and Kingdoms.

Hence, the Asantes are the custodians of the spiritual and unifying force of all the Akans. They were not to underestimate their role and responsibility towards the wellbeing of all Akans as well as all Africans. The Denkyiras ruled the Akans for a long time. During the reign of Nana Boa Amponsem, peace and harmony reigned among the Akans until Nana Ntim Gyakari ascended to the throne and ruled in a brutal and dictatorial manner. This led to a rebellion by the other Clans and brought about the formation of the Asante Union of which Nana Osei Tutu I was enthroned as the leader.

The Asantes went to war against Nana Ntim Gyakari. He was defeated and beheaded. Some of his partisans escaped to the forest belt of the west and settled there. The Akan Kingdom was henceforth ruled by King Osei Tutu I and the Asantes. Unable to keep the Akan Union intact after the defeat of the Denkyiras, several Akan groups sought to break away from the Asantes. It culminated in the conflict between the Akims and the Asantes, which brought about the death of Nana Osei Tutu I on the river Pra. This, coupled with succession problems at home, brought about the internal family feud over the selection of the successor to King Osei Tutu I.

Breaking of Royal Lineage and ties-OYOKO and ADAKO

Whereas the Adako are uncles to the Oyoko Clan, they felt that with the death of Nana Osei Tutu I, an uncle should be selected to lead the nation in the absence of a nephew. Opoku Ware I was a grandnephew and elected. This brought about a succession feud resulting in a three year civil war that saw Nana Dako beheaded by the partisans of Opoku Ware I and brought about a split in the family that has not been resolved until today.

The death of King Osei Tutu I and the tumult that brought about the split of the Oyoko-Dako Clan.

Nana Osei Tutu I reigned from 1680 to 1717. He was killed during the civil war between the Asantes and the Akims whilst crossing the river Pra.  He had gone to war with his grandnephew Opoku Ware and after his death, Opoku Ware searched desperately for the body of his granduncle but unfortunately could not recover the body from the river Pra. When he finally returned home, some of the kingmakers from the ADAKO Imperial House had proposed his great-granduncle Nana Dako as the next reigning monarch. This infuriated Opoku Ware, chosen by the Fetish Priest Okomfo Anokye as successor of his grand-uncle Osei Tutu I. He was determined to fulfill his prophetic destiny. In the scuffles that ensued, the Oyoko partisans of Opoku Ware assassinated Nana Dako.

The death of Nana Dako

The assassination of Nana Dako brought about the greatest and perhaps longest schism that ever erupted in Akan history. Mothers fought against sons, brothers against brothers, sisters against sisters.  Families, clans and the entire Akan Nation was divided, never to unite again until this day. Nana Abena Pokuaa, heir to the Throne and Leader of the Resistance against Opoku Ware I, took portions of the royal regalia and paraphernalia, the Stool of Nana Obiri Yeboa and half of the entire royal house to accompany her on a journey that can be labeled the ‘trail of tears for liberty and freedom'.

The Civil war 1717-1720-between Nana Abena Pokuaa and Nana Opoku Ware I

Nana Abena Pokuaa mobilized her partisans and moved from Nsuta to Kwaman, present day Kaase, and fought her way to freedom. The entire army of Opoku Ware I followed the partisans. Capture or arrest of a partisan of Nana Abena Pokuaa meant summary execution.  Many of the Adako royals were killed together with their various clan supporters. When Nana Abena Pokuaa moved about the countryside, war and destruction was everywhere. Civil War had engulfed the nation. She being the Matrairch of the Nation thought it wise to move out of Asante Kingdom to create another Akan Kingdom.

From 1717 to 1720, the Asante Kingdom was in tumult, civil strife raged and the Adako-Oyoko royal household was divided. For three years, the family was unable to select a successor to the throne. The stool and other royal regalia's were in the hands of Nana Abena Pokuaa. She moved with her partisans to Tanoso, leaving the very Kingdom they had founded. At Tanoso, Nana Abena Pokuaa consulted with her Atanno and after purification and other ceremonies, they moved on to cross the Comoe River, to face yet other formidable enemies of old of King Osei Tutu I. All the immediate royal family members, Nana Yeboaa and others went away with Nana Abena Pokuaa, with the exception of Nana Nyinsemaa. She stayed behind to pray to the Almighty God for protection for the save passage of the departing team and to consult with the Atano as tradition demanded at the time, until Nana Abena Pokuaa was safely behind the river Comoe. Nana Nyinsemaa, sister of Nana Yeboaa and Nana Abena Pokuaa choose to hide their true identities,  as they remained behind to work with Tano Bpsompem, while Nana Abena Pokuaa went away accompanied by Tano Akora and other Deities, knowing that the partisans of Opoku Ware I will kill any of the entourage of the Queen, the moment they were identified as her partisans. Many had to change their clan allegiance in order to survive Opoku Ware's wrath. Nana Nnimsemaa, Nana Abena Pokuaa sister and First Cousin to Nana Amprofi, The Tano High Priestess, was also the Custodian of all the Tano Deities. She married the Akyeremahene of the Tano deity and her offspring’s remained at Tanoso until this day. Hence, the great grandmother of Nana Gyanko Fofie remained at Tanoso,  and also Nsuta,  Techimantia and Bechem to preserve the Adako Stools. while the rest of the family moved on to the new country.

Sacrifice and Miracle at Comoe

For the members of both royal houses, the death of Nana Dako and the subsequent civil war that ensued was the most painful event in the history of the family. For Nana Opoku Ware I, the division of his family and the breakaway of a major part of the family, just at the beginning of his reign was not favorable. He would have wished that Nana Dako was alive and Nana Abena Pokuaa had not rebelled. However, as the new king he must unify his new nation and show national solidarity and continuity.

The task of Nana Abena Pokuaa was preserving the most sacred of family dreams - heritage. She needed to save the Adako Royal Family and the only way possible, was to go away to create a new nation in an unknown land. The decision by Nana Pokuaa's own family to resist and bring about schism was not an easy task. The trail was full of uncertainties, tears, losses, death, depravation and sacrifices for all who embarked on that journey. Upon arrival on the banks of the river Comoe, the river was flooded and impossible to cross.

In those days, there were no boats and even if they had the skills to make a canoe, it would have taken several weeks. Knowing that the partisans of Opoku Ware I were on their trail, there was no time to waste. The Tano deity that accompanied them, Akora, advised, that if they want to be saved by God Almighty from the armies of Opoku Ware I and to cross the river before the army arrives,  they need to sacrifice a child to the Gods and the river Comoe. When the Elders consulted, they were told the child to be sacrificed should be that of Nana Abena Pokuaa herself. In view of the impending danger, Nana Abena Pokuaa had no choice but to sacrifice her child to save the multitude of people who had followed her.

Ceremonies were performed, prayers said, in accordance to customs and tradition, Nana Pokuaa offered her child to be sacrificed. After the ceremony, the waters in the river started moving and a herd of hippopotamus appeared in the river, lined up to form a bridge, on which the people crossed the river to safety and freedom. Immediately after the passage, the armies of Opoku Ware I arrived at the river. Some of the brave soldiers attempted to cross, but the hippopotamus moved under the waters and all those who attempted to mount on the back of the hippos, drowned in the river Comoe. The place where the miraculous bridge of Liberty appeared is there until this day. The Akans go to this site every year to pour libation in honor of our ancestors in remembrance of their faith in God and their tenacity of purpose that resulted in the creation of a new nation - of Ba no awu-Baule in vernacular or Baoule in French - means; the child is dead. As in the original dialect --- "Ba no awu", the nation of present day La Cote d’Ivoire.

Because of the sacrificial offering of Nana Abena Pokuaa's child, a new kingdom was born.  Before Nana Abena Pokuaa reached the crossing line in the river, a giant rose out of the river Comoe and handed her a golden stool, the throne on which Nana Abena Pokuaa sat to build the Baoule kingdom. After the passage, the Kyidom warriors of Nana Abena Pokuaa's army decided to settle at the edge of the river and kept the golden Umbrella and the sword of Nana Osei Tutu I as a token of their sacrifice and as symbol of unity of the Akans in present La Cote d'Ivoire.

Whatever the interpretation of the events by the River Comoe on that fateful day, we, the Akans in La Cote d'Ivoire, know beyond reasonable doubt that God Almighty was with our Ancestors and protected and assisted them to cross the River Comoe. Today, our late President and King Nana Houphouet Boigny, who was the custodian of the oracles of our ancestral stool, has paid homage to the Lord God Almighty. He has given him the glory and honor by building the biggest Church in the world as a remembrance for the great act of love, He showed our ancestors by leading them across as He lead the Jews. It gives all of us the joy to rededicate our kingdom and our nation to the glory of God Almighty, The Maker Of Heaven and Earth, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, in Praise of His Holy name in worship.

Nana Abena Pokuaa departed from the shores of Comoe into the hinterland along the banks of the Bandama River at Warebo, where she founded Tano Sakassou as her capital city and formed the new Adako Royal Kingdom of Baoule. It ushered in new hope for her people, but it was not until they had fought and defeated the remnants of the Denkyiras, already defeated by King Osei Tutu, that hope turned into reality. The chiefdoms of Akyie, Abbe, the Ebrie, the Mbatto and all the Akan Kingdoms and chiefdoms in La Cote d'Ivoire owe and continue to pay allegiance to Obaahemaa Nana Abena Pokuaa, the Warrior-Queen mother who founded the second Kingdom of the Greatest King, Akans ever had, Nana Osei Tutu I. The descendants of Nana Abena Pokuaa and all Akans in La Cote d'Ivoire continue to hold on to the heritage bequeathed to them by our Great Kings and ancestors and the strong believe in God. Otweaduapon Nyankoropon Kwame Oboodae.  Praise be to His Holy Name.

Emergence of New Akan Nations:

Following the tradition of our Great Warrior-Queen, the Akans have played a great role in the formation of the modern nation of La Cote d'Ivoire, which was founded on the principles bequeathed to us by our Great Queen Nana Abena Pokuaa. All Akans are subjects of the Dakon Akan Kingdom, Nana Abena Pokuaa founded and pledge allegiance to the unity and solidarity of the Akan Nation and as such to the Ivorian, Ghanaian and Togolese States where Akan are residing. The Colonial division of the Akan Kingdoms into three separate States do not nullify the unity and the cohesiveness that exist among Akans, The Akan Kingdoms Traditional Throne that was formerly with the Denkyira for which Our Illustrious King, Nana Osei Tutu fought and defeated and killed the Denkyira King, Nana Ntim Gyakari, was taken by his Courtiers and hier apparent to Sekitran area of Bouake, When they heard that the Queen of the Asantes was at Warebo, building the Royal City of Tanou Sakkassou, the mobilize their forces and attack the Queen, but they were met with a formidable force and were defeated. The Akan Imperial Throne of the Denkyira was seized by Nana Abena Pokuaa and it has been in the Custody of the Dakon Clan till this day.

THE WARRIOR-QUEEN, NANA ABENA POKUAA

Nana Abena Pokuaa, the First Queen mother of the Akan people who migrated to present day La Cote d'Ivoire, was a member of the Adako-Oyoko Imperial family and direct descendant of the great Akan kings. Nana Baffour Gyanko Fofie I, the present Supreme head of the Dakon Imperial House is a direct descendant of Nana Abena Pokuaa (Abla Poukou), who ruled 1720 to 1760. Both direct descendants of the ancestral ruling lines Amprofi Tutu and Amprofi I, of  the Sacred Dominion of Amprofi Tano, The Imperial Matriarchal Head of all Akans who established the Dominion by the 11th century.

As a result of the family civil war, Nana Abena Pokuaa (Abla Poukou), the sister of Nana Dako, was forced to flee to present day La Cote D'Ivoire and as such brought about the split of the royal family.   In 1720 Nana Abena Pokuaa migrated with her partisans to the new country through Tanoso, baptizing in the river Tano, paying homage and performing the customary rites to the Our Akan Royal Gods /Deities, She went with Tano Akora, and the sisters stayed behind with TANO BOSOMPEM OR TAAPEM, Tano and Atekusuaa. At Tanoso, a member of the royal household, sister of Nana Pokuaa and Temple Priestess of Taa Pem decided to stay with Tano to guard the rear, while the other members of the family moved on with Nana Pokuaa When Nanan arrived in the Kingdom of Sanhwi, the Agni received her as their Queen and Nana Ebiri Moro went to Kumasi to fight on her behalf killing those he met including the mother of Nana Opoku Ware I. Nanan thrn changed her name from Abena Pokuaa to Abla Poukou with the Nzima pronunciation  signifying the break with her past.

Having succeeded in crossing, they came to the region of today's Bouake, where she and her followers fought the Senoufou in the north, the Guru in the west, who had arrived shortly before her and the Denkyiras, who were defeated by her Nephew Osei Tutu earlier on. By 1730, Nana Abena Pokuaa had subdued all her enemies and had established a powerful Empire called Baoule.. She became the first Queen Mother of the kingdom.

She reigned for 30 years and built a very strong kingdom with the capital at Warebo, Sakassou, based on the constitutional monarchy introduced by her  and nephew Osei Tutu until 1760.

NANA HOUPHOUET FAITAI reigned as the Akan Queen Mother till shortly before her death in 1998, when she nominated Nana Baffour Gyanko Fofie as her successor and King of the Akans. Due to the events in the country shortly after the funeral of Nana Faitai the official enstoolment of Nana Baffour Gyanko Fofie who is also the Oyoko-Dakohene has not yet taken place. However, Nana Baffour Gyanko Fofie is acknowledged as the reigning Monarch of the Akan Nation of La Cote d'Ivoire.

History of the Akan Baoule Cote d'Ivoire

The Adako Royal Dynasty controls all the Akans in Cote d'Ivoire and in Ghana the following States are controlled by Adako Royal stools: Nsuta, Akokofe, Ntonso, Asaman,  Adako-Gyekye, Takyimantia, and Bechem. Their Nephews, the Oyoko Royal Dynasty control all of Asante, but directly, Kumasi, Dwaben, Bekwai, Kokofu, Dadiese, Kwabere-Kenyase, Manponteng, Ahenkro, Boagyaa, Obogo, Asankare, Dwansa,  Adwumakasekese, and Kontanase of which the ruling monarch is Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene

The Adako-Dakon  Ja Akan Thrones are of Poukou and Fofie  Throne  consist of all the Akan Stools representing all Akan KINGDOMS in Cote d'Ivoire.

THE AKAN KINGS AND CHIEFS OWE ALLEGIENCE TO LA REIGNE NANAN ABLA POUKOU AND THEREFORE IN PRESENT DAY,  NANAN HOUPOUET BOIGNY WHO HAS BEEN KING AS WELL AS PRESIDENT. The inability of Nana Osei Tutu to capture the Akan Sacred Throne of the Denkyira, to buttress the unifying power of the Golden Stool, prevented the other the Akan Kingdoms to join the Asante Union.  With the capture of the Sacred throne from the Denkyira in Setikran made it possible for Nana Abla Poukou to unite all the Akan Kingdoms into a formidable  Union which the Queens and Kings of the Baule Kingdom led till  Nanan Kouakou Anougble II handed in 1958 to Nanan Houphouet Boigny, to create the new nation of Cote d’Ivoire.

HAVING BEEN ENTHRONED AT THE AGE OF I5 ON THE ADAKO AKOANA THRONE, HE WAS PREPARED TRADITIONALLY TO TAKE OVER AFTER NANAN KOUAKOU ANNOUBLE. BUT JUST BEFORE NANAN ANNOUBLE DIED, NANAN HOUPHOUET ASKED HIM TO BE BLESSED  AND EMPOWER HIM TO TAKE THE ENTIRE COUNTRY FROM THE COLONIZERS, AND THAT WAS WHAT NANAN ANNOUBLE DID.  UPON HIS DEATH IN 1958, THE POWERS OF THE THRONE TRADITIONALLY PASSED ON TO NANAN HOUPHOUET- BOIGNY, AND NANAN GUIE WAS ENSTOOLED AS REGENT TILL HIS DEATH IN 1978.

ALL THE AKAN THRONES IN COTE D' IVOIRE INCLUDING THAT OF THE DENKYIRAS AT SETIKRAN OWE ALLEGIANGE TO THE AKAN  THRONE OF NANA ABENA POKUA THE FIRST ASANTE QUEEN UNDER NANA OSEI TUTU I AND THE WARRIOR QUEEN AND FOUNDER OF THE BAOULE KINGDOM and Protector of all the Akan Kingdoms in Cote d’Ivoire.

With the handing over of those  Sacred powers  by Nanan Houphouet Faitai to Nanan Baffour Gyanko Fofie, Nana Baffour effectively assumed in 1998 the office of the Akan Abusuatirehene (Akan Nation King) His responsibility is to unite and protect all Akans within the Sub Region and to develop  Tanou Sakkasou as a fitting Capital of the Baoule Kingdom, in honour of Nanan Abla Poukou, complete the building of Yamoussoukro and the Palace Houphouet Boigny as the Administrative Capital of the Akan Kingdoms and to restore and build the Sacred Dominion of Amprofi Tano at Tanoso as the Spiritual Capital of all the Akan Kingdoms. A charge Nanan Baffour Gyanko Fofie  has pledged to fulfill and uphold. As the Supreme Head of Adako-Dakon he was charged to unite the ADAKO and their Nephews the OYOKO, as such he was instrumental in getting Nana Opoku Ware II to send a powerful delegations to both the Funerals of Nanan Dja Houphouet Boigny and Nanan Houphouet Faitai in 1993 and 1998 respectively.

The overthrow of Nanan Konan Bedie in 2000 and the subsequent political turmoil up until now, prevented the House of Dakon to execute its unification and development agenda. Nana Baffour and all the members of the House of Dakon are determined to unite with their nephews, the Oyoko, so that Nana Baffour being the Oyoko-Dakohene and Akan Abusuatirehene will dedicate the remaining years of his life to work harmoniously with all Akan Kings to restore the Akan Kingdoms and National Union. e

H.R.M  Saa Amun BAFFOUR Gyanko Fofie I’s  Paternal Grandfather, Nana Kwaku (Donkor) Bonsu was  the Gyaasehene of Tanoso. Nana Kwaku (Donkor) Bonsu’s wife was Nana Baffours’s maternal Grandmother of the Stools of the Royal House of AKUMADAN. His Lineage helped Nana Amprofi Tutu to establish the Sacred Dominion of Amprofi Tanoso.  Being of the Patriarch Throne Spirit Nana Kwaku (Donkor) Bonsu married an Oyoko Princess and beagt Nana Kwadwo Addae Dwumah, Twafohene of Tano Subin, Father of Nana Baffour Gyanko Fofie I and Founder of Tano - Subin together with Queen Nana Abena Tutu and Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware of Asante Kingdom Federation.

Nana Baffour Gyanko Fofie I Maternal lineage comes from the Matriarch of Akwamufie TANOSO, His Maternal Grand Father is the Imperial Monarchical Linguist of the Sacred Dominion of Amprofi Tano.  His Paternal Grandfather is the Imperial Head of the Amprofi Throne (Household) GYAASE, whose sons rule the Imperial House of Kontire, Nana Baffour’s  Father, the late Nana Kwadwo Addae Dwumah   brothers rule the Stools of Tanoso .

ADAKO LINEAGE ASANTEMAN CONFEDERATION

1701 to 1717                     Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu Opemso, the Asantehene, Oyoko Clan

1701 to 1720                     Nana Abena Pokua, the Queen Mother of Asante Adako Clan.

1717 -1720                       Nana Amaniampon, the Mamponhene, Bretuo Dynasty became regent due to the assassination of Nana Dakon during the contest for the succession to the  throne after the death of King Osei Tutu. The civil war that ensued lasted for 3 years 1717 - 1720 that led to the migration of Nana Abena Pokuaa and the Adako Dynasty. DAKON ROYAL DYNASTY       

Obaahemaa  Nana Abena Pokuaa   -   

1720 - 1730                                    Nation building Founded the Baoule Kingdom covering all the Akan  in La Cote d'Ivoire

1730 - 1760                                    Nana Abena Pokuaa

1760 - 1790                                    Nana Akua Boni

1789 - 1840                                    Nana Kouame Tutu

1840 -  1870                                   Nana Kouakou Anougble 1st.

1870 - 1880                                    Nana Tutu Dibi (Tutu Yeman)

1880 - 1890                                    Nana Anougble Deikye

1890 - 1892                                    Nana Kouame Guie (Agyei)

1892 -  1925                                   Nana  Kouadio Ndri

1925 - 1958                                    Nana Kouakou Anougble 11

1958 - 1978                                    Nana Kouame Guie (Agyei)

1958 - 1993                                    Nana Houphouet Boigny,  late President  

                                                     of    R.C.I. and  Supreme Ruler of Dakon

1993 - 1998                                    Nana Baffour Saa Amun Gyanko Fofie I - Dakonhene                                           

1958 - 1998                                    Nana Faittai reigned as the effective Queen of the Akans

1993 -  2004                                   Nana Kouakou Annougble 111    Bouale Regency

1993 - Present                               Nana Baffour Saa Amun Gyanko Fofie I - Supreme Ruler of Dakon