Ga-Dangme

E182937

Ga-Dangme are an ethnic group of southeastern Ghana, historically known as coastal traders and fishermen with a rich cultural heritage and distinct Ga and Dangme language varieties.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ga-Dangme canonical 15
Ga–Dangme 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
capitalRegionPresence Greater Accra Region ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
countryLanguageStatus Ga is a government-sponsored language in Ghanaian schools ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ghana ⓘ
cuisineFeature use of maize-based dishes ⓘ
use of seafood ⓘ
culturalHeritage chieftaincy institution ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
elaborate festivals ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ
danceTradition kpanlogo dance ⓘ
festival Asafotufiam festival ⓘ
Homowo festival ⓘ
Ngmayem festival ⓘ
historicalRole coastal middlemen in Atlantic trade ⓘ
early interaction with European traders ⓘ
language Dangme language ⓘ
Ga language ⓘ
languageFamily Kwa languages ⓘ
majorUrbanCenter Accra ⓘ
Ada Foah ⓘ
Tema ⓘ
musicTradition kpanlogo drumming ⓘ
traditional horn ensembles ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Akan people ⓘ
Ewe people ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Guan peoples ⓘ
presenceInRegion Eastern Region of Ghana ⓘ
Volta Region of Ghana ⓘ
region southeastern Ghana ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
patrilineal descent ⓘ
subgroup Dangme people ⓘ
Ga people ⓘ
traditionalInstitution Asafo military companies ⓘ
traditionalOccupation coastal trade ⓘ
farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
salt production ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalStructure paramount chiefs ⓘ
sub-chiefs ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature veneration of ancestors ⓘ
worship of local deities ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dodowa → hasLanguage → Ga-Dangme ⓘ
Ga-Adangbe → ethnolinguisticGroup → Ga-Dangme ⓘ
Dangme people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Ga–Dangme ⓘ
linked to: Ga-Dangme
Dangme → subfamily → Ga–Dangme ⓘ
linked to: Ga-Dangme
Ga-Adangbe peoples → ethnonym → Ga-Dangme ⓘ
Ga State → ethnolinguisticGroup → Ga-Dangme ⓘ
Shai → ethnolinguisticGroup → Ga-Dangme ⓘ
Shai → culturalAffiliation → Ga-Dangme ⓘ
Ningo → ethnicGroup → Ga-Dangme ⓘ
Krobo → ethnolinguisticGroup → Ga-Dangme ⓘ