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Nyame
Nyame (or Nyambe, Nyankopon) is the Sky deity of the Akan people of Akanland (South Ghana), the leader of the Abosom, the Akan spirits and minor gods.
His name means "he who knows and sees everything" and "omniscient, omnipotent sky god" in the Akan language;
== Function==
He is called "omniscient, omnipotent sky god of the Akan people".
Nyame is portrayed as a benevolent god, if sometime aloof and distant.
One of Nyame's creations was Kamunu, the first human being. Nyame gave Kamunu the task of naming all the other creations.〔(Origin of death )〕〔Harold Scheub, ''Nyambe And The Origin of Death''. A Dictionary of African Mythology, Oxford University Press, 2000〕
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