In the mythology of the Akan the kra is the soul of a person it is of divine origin. That is to say, one gets their "Kra" from God (Onyame).

An Akan conforms to the abusua

Abusua

Abusua is the name in Akan culture for a group of people that share a common maternal ancestor. The Abusua line is passed through the Blood.There are several Abusua which transcend the different ethnic subgroups...

/(Modja (blood)) of his mother, and receives the Ntoro

Ntoro

The Ntoro is the genetic aspect of the father which the Akan people believe is passed on to this children. The Akan believe that the Ntoro does not die with the father instead it goes down to the man’s children or if the children are not alive to his nephews and nieces...

from his father. These maternal and paternal bonds follow the Akan wherever he travels. An Akan's Sunsum is their Spirit/personality which they develop through their interaction with the world.