The Akan people mostly live in Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in West Africa. They speak the Akan language (also known as "Twi/Fante"). Subgroups of the Akan people include: the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Ashanti, Bono, Fante, Kwahu, Wassa, and Ahanta. The Akan subgroups all have a lot in common; most notably tracing matrilineal descent in the inheritance of property, and for succession to high political office.