Anyinam

{{Short description|Town in Eastern Region, Ghana}}

{{Use Ghanaian English|date=January 2023}}

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Anyinam is a town and capital of the Atiwa East District located in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[https://www.mindat.org/feature-2304423.html Anyinam, Ghana] Mindat.org{{Cite web|title=Ghana » Eastern Region » East Akim Municipal |url=http://www.eastakim.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/?arrow=nws&read=30730 |website=www.eastakim.ghanadistricts.gov.gh |access-date=2015-05-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525203049/http://www.eastakim.ghanadistricts.gov.gh/?arrow=nws&read=30730 |archivedate=2015-05-25 }}{{Cite web|title=Two drivers killed in Anyinam Highway robbery |url=http://tv3network.com/all-news/news/local/two-drivers-killed-in-anyinam-highway-robbery.html |website=tv3network.com |access-date=2015-06-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624025346/http://tv3network.com/all-news/news/local/two-drivers-killed-in-anyinam-highway-robbery.html |archivedate=2015-06-24 }}{{Cite web|date=2021-05-17|title=Galamsey fight: Soldiers destroy 14 excavators, other equipment in Atewa East and West|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2021/05/galamsey-fight-soldiers-destroy-14-excavators-other-equipment-in-atewa-east-and-west/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Lands Minister, Abu Jinapor embarks on aerial tour of River Pra - MyJoyOnline.com|url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/lands-minister-abu-jinapor-embarks-on-aerial-tour-of-river-pra/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=www.myjoyonline.com|language=en-US}}

Anyinam is the birthplace of Osei Tutu. According to Gus Casely-Hayford, "Today Anyinam remains sacred to the Asante." The village contains a shrine in commemoration of Osei Tutu's birth.{{cite book |last1=Casely-Hayford |first1=Gus |title=The Lost Kingdoms of Africa |date=2012 |publisher=Bantam Press |location=Croydon |isbn=9780593068144 |page=260}}