When Japan's Meiji Era (1868-1912) government concluded that the country had a manifest destiny to commence full-scale colonization of the hitherto barely developed northern island of Hokkaido, it set ...

Solid gold watches display wealth and power; to tell time, chiefs often sport conventional timepieces. Glassell Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Akan chiefs wear a variety of crowns. The ...

It is often said that Hokkaido is a different “country” all on its own. This northernmost tip of Japan is the country’s second-largest island, which became a full-fledged prefecture only in 1947.

Gender activist and feminist Felicity Nelson has stated that the funeral of President Jerry John Rawlings should not have been dominated by Akan culture given that he was an Ewe. She is insisting that ...

Turkey said goodbye to one of its iconic cinema stars on Sunday as towering actor Tarik Akan, who died recently aged 66, was buried in Istanbul. Large crowds gathered as Akan was laid to rest in ...

Tarik Akan, an acclaimed Turkish actor who earned accolades for the controversial 1982 film "Yol," has died after a brief battle with cancer. He was 66. The Nazim Hikmet Culture and Arts Foundation, ...

Towering Turkish actor Tarik Akan has died at age 66, the Nazim Hikmet Culture and Art Association announced Friday morning. According to a statement by the group, Akan died at a hospital in Istanbul ...

Ace Ghanaian actor Mr. David Dontoh has whined scornfully at Kumawood movies, “they are destroying our movie industry and the Akan culture.” Flex newspaper excerpted a recorded tape of an interview ...