The Ahanta/Ayinda are Akan people who live to the north and east of the Nzema. The Ahanta land has been historically known as one of the richest areas...
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ally soldier for the Germans until he turned his back on them for his Ahanta people, siding with the Asante, Nzema, Wassa and others in an alliance called...
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manufacturing dugout canoes, the Fetu people were observed by Muller as having bought dugout canoes that were made by the Ahanta people. West Africans (e.g., Ghana...
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name given to an Akan warrior from Axim, Ghana. He was a chief of the Ahanta people in the early 18th century, who established a stronghold in the defunct...
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of the Akan people include: the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi, Ashanti, Baoulé, Bono, Chakosi, Fante, Kwahu, Sefwi, Wassa, Ahanta, and Nzema, among...
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The Ahanta francolin or Ahanta spurfowl (Pternistis ahantensis) is a species of bird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is native to western Africa...
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Dutch–Ahanta War was a conflict between the Netherlands and the Ahanta between 1837 and 1839. Beginning with a mere economic dispute between the Ahanta and...
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manufacturing dugout canoes, the Fetu people were observed by Muller as having bought dugout canoes that were made by the Ahanta people. West Africans (e.g., Ghana...
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The Avatime are an Akan people who live in Volta region of Ghana. History has it that they are Ahanta people who migrated to the Volta region. Olson, James...
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the best-known is John Canoe, was an Akan warrior and chief of the Ahanta people, an ally of Brandenburg-Prussia against the British and the Dutch, in...
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Fanti Region Ghana Ethnicity Fanti people Native speakers 180,000 (2013) Language family Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Central Tano (Akan)...
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Greater Accra and Nzema, Sefwi, Ahanta, etc. in the Western and Western Noth region may also trace their roots to Guan people. The indigenes of most of the...
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The Kundum festival is celebrated by the Ahanta and Nzema people of the Western region of Ghana. It is celebrated to thank God for the abundance of food...
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Coromantee (redirect from Coromantee people)
Ghana, an Akan from the Ahanta. He was a soldier for the Germans until one day, he turned his back on them for his Ahanta people and sided with Nzima and...
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maternal lines. A religious Kundum Festival is held annually all over the Ahanta and Nzema areas. Its start is timed to coordinate with the harvest period...
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Akwidaa (category Populated places in Ahanta West Municipal District)
Akwidaa is a small town and fishing village in Ahanta West district, Western Region of Ghana. It is one of the southernmost places in Ghana. The part of...
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(Anufo) dialect Sefwi (Sehwi) dialect Southern Bia language Nzema dialect Ahanta dialect Jwira–Pepesa dialect All have written forms in the Latin script...
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Plakali is a staple food mainly prepared by the Ahanta and Nzema peoples of the Western region of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire . It consists of cassava dough...
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Afro-Jamaicans (redirect from Black people in Jamaica)
Akan people (notably those of the Asante Kotoko alliance of the 1720s: Asante, Bono, Wassa, Nzema and Ahanta) followed by Kongo people, Fon people, Ewe...
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Ghanaians (redirect from People of Ghana)
Akuapem Twi, Asante Twi, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Dangme, Dagbani, Nzema,ahanta language(ahantas) Dagaare, Gonja and Kasena. During the colonial era, a number of...
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Awukugua (section Notable people)
farm crops, just like the Homowo of the Gas, Ahoboa and Bakatue of the Ahantas, and Aboakyere of the Awutus and Afutus, Kundum of the Fantes, Adaekese...
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Sekondi-Takoradi (section Notable people)
The major ethnic group found in the city are the Ahanta followed by the Ashanti, Nzema, and Wassa people.: 4 Sekondi-Takoradi is located in the Sekondi...
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Treaty of Butre was signed on 27 August 1656 between the Dutch and the Ahanta. In 1979, the fort was designated a World Heritage Site (along with several...
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Busua (category Populated places in Ahanta West Municipal District)
Busua is a beach resort and fishing village in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region in Ghana, about 30 kilometers west of the regional capital...
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Ebenezer Kojo Kum (category Living people)
the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ahanta West Constituency in the Western Region of Ghana on the ticket of the New...
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Bonsu is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Badu Bonsu II (died 1838), Ghanaian king of the Ahanta Mensa Bonsu (died 1896), Asantehene...
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Anglo-Ashanti wars (category Wars involving the states and peoples of Africa)
the Treaty of Butre in 1656 with the Ahanta. The treaty's arrangements proved very stable and regulated Dutch-Ahanta diplomatic affairs for more than 213...
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Badu Bonsu II (category Executed Ghanaian people)
Badu Bonsu II was a leader of the Ahanta who originally migrated south and separated from the Fante people upon reaching the Pra River and a Ghanaian king...
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and Signatories of the Fante Confederation (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) Akan people Ghana Gold Coast Lists of incumbents...
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language is seemly influenced by their closed tribes such as Bono, Wassa, Ahanta, Asante. Many of the families of Sefwi also stayed at different places among...
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