{{Short description|Clan of Akan people}} The '''Asakyiri''' is one of the major eight major Akan clans. These clans are derived along the matrilineal lines.
==Totem== The totem of the Asakyiri people is the vulture.<ref>{{Cite web|title = twi.bb - Online Twi Dictionary - The Akan People - Abusua|url = http://www.twi.bb/akan-abusua.php|website = www.twi.bb|access-date = 2015-06-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ntiamoa-Baidu|first=Yaa|date=1995|title=Conservation education in threatened species management in Africa|journal=Bird Conservation International|volume=5|issue=4|pages=455–462|doi=10.1017/S0959270900001179|doi-access=free}}</ref>
==Origin== It is claimed that the Asona and Asakyiri clans are brothers and sisters who used to be referred to as ''Asona ne Asakyiri in Twi meaning Asona and Asakyiri''.<ref>{{Cite web|title = KDA - totemism|url = http://www.kwahuman.com/totemism.php#.VYADZFKn1dg|website = www.kwahuman.com|access-date = 2015-06-16}}</ref>
==Major towns== The major towns of the Asakyiri people are mainly in the Adansi regions in the Ashanti Region and this includes Akrokerri etc.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}
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