Ga Mantse (Ga king)

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Ga Mantse (Ga king) is the paramount traditional ruler and cultural leader of the Ga people of the Greater Accra Region in Ghana.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ga Mantse (Ga king) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chieftaincy title ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
traditional ruler ⓘ
associatedInstitution Ga Traditional Council ⓘ
Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs ⓘ
associatedWithCity Accra ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Ga-Adangbe ⓘ
authorityType customary authority ⓘ
traditional authority ⓘ
ceremonialRole leads public rites during Homowo festival ⓘ
presides over traditional ceremonies ⓘ
confers sub-chief titles within Ga State ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
culturalFunction custodian of Ga customs and traditions ⓘ
overseer of Ga festivals ⓘ
culturalHeritage Ga royal lineage ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of Ga unity and identity ⓘ
ethnicGroupRepresented Ga people ⓘ
festivalAssociation Homowo festival ⓘ
governanceDomain Ga traditional area ⓘ
governanceLevel paramountcy ⓘ
historicalContext pre-colonial Ga kingdom leadership ⓘ
influenceArea Greater Accra Metropolis ⓘ
jurisdiction Ga Mashie (central Accra traditional area) ⓘ
linked to: Osu, Accra
languageCommunity Ga language speakers ⓘ
legalStatus recognized stool under Ghanaian chieftaincy law ⓘ
politicalRole non-partisan traditional leadership ⓘ
recognizedBy Ga Traditional Council ⓘ
Government of Ghana ⓘ
National House of Chiefs of Ghana ⓘ
region Greater Accra Region ⓘ
religiousRole figure in Ga traditional religion ⓘ
represents Ga people in state ceremonial events ⓘ
responsibility mediation of disputes within Ga traditional area ⓘ
protection of Ga lands and heritage ⓘ
representation of Ga people in national traditional affairs ⓘ
role cultural leader of the Ga people ⓘ
paramount traditional ruler of the Ga people ⓘ
successionType hereditary chieftaincy ⓘ
symbolicResidence Ga Mantse Palace, Accra ⓘ
titleHeldBy paramount chief of the Ga people ⓘ
titleHolderResidence Accra ⓘ
titleLanguage Ga ⓘ
titleMeaning King of the Ga ⓘ
traditionalArea Ga State ⓘ
traditionalCouncilHead Ga Traditional Council ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Ga people → traditionalPoliticalStructure → Ga Mantse (Ga king) ⓘ
Bukom area → hasTraditionalAuthority → Ga Mantse (Ga king) ⓘ