Hemanhene Nana Apau Wiafe Ababio Sanwoansan has drawn a connection between the Akan ancestors and the Egyptian Pharaohs, suggesting that some of these ancient structures bear Akan names.
According to him, in an interview video shared on Facebook on July 16, 2025, where he recounted one of his travels, he was shown the gravesites of several buried Pharaohs.
He claimed that the names of these Pharaohs had Akan origins - slightly altered to sound non-Akan, yet basically rooted in Akan language and culture. "They said a Pharaoh named Akuffo had been buried there.
The white man is clever; he altered the spelling slightly so that you and I wouldn't recognise the origin of the name Akuffo.
