Okomfo Anokye, the greatest ever Akan shaman (medicine man) July
2011  Even if anyone contests the claim that Anokye was and
still is the greatest medicine man (shaman) the Akan have known,
it is without doubt that he is the most well known medicine man
who lived among the Akan. The Akan book and website project will
be incomplete without mentioning this man whose exploits have
come to be known by all Akan since the 17th century. In the Akan
language, the word "Okomfo" (or "Ɔkomfo"/"ƆkomfoƆ" ) is used to
refer to one who is a traditional priest, a medicine man of
sorts, who works with the spirits (abosom). Anokye was a master
of elemental magic and could perform feats that some will just
not believe. Some of those feats are documented below, and
photos of his explots will also be published below.  To this
day, there is a sword planted in the ground in Kumase (capital
of Asanteman, the Akan-Asante kingdom) which no one has been
able to pull out. English folklore talks about "Merlin's Sword",
the Akan actually