Asakyiri is one of the major eight major Akan clans. These clans are derived along the matrilineal lines.
It is claimed that the Asona and Asakyiri clans are brothers and sisters used to be referred to as Asona ne Asakyiri in Twi meaning Asona and Asakyiri.[3]
The major towns of the Asakyiri people are mainly the Adansi regions in the Ashanti Region and this include Akrokerri etc[citation needed]