Tema (Ga)

E182944

Tema (Ga) are a coastal subgroup of the Ga people of Ghana, traditionally centered around the port city of Tema and known for their fishing, trade, and urban cultural life.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tema (Ga) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ga people subgroup ⓘ
ethnic subgroup ⓘ
associatedWith Tema Harbour ⓘ
industrial city of Tema ⓘ
port city of Tema ⓘ
coastalPeople true ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
culture Ga cultural practices ⓘ
fishing community traditions ⓘ
urban coastal culture ⓘ
danceTradition Ga traditional dances ⓘ
economicActivity coastal trade ⓘ
urban commerce ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Ghana ⓘ
ethnicRelation Ga-Mashie ⓘ
linked to: Ga Mashie

La (Ga) ⓘ
Nungua (Ga) ⓘ
Osu (Ga) ⓘ
Teshie (Ga) ⓘ
festival Homowo festival ⓘ
governedBy Tema Traditional Council ⓘ
hasTitle Tema Mantse ⓘ
language Ga ⓘ
languageFamily Kwa languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
locatedIn Greater Accra Region ⓘ
maritimeOrientation strong ⓘ
migrationPattern rural-urban migration within Greater Accra ⓘ
musicTradition Ga coastal music ⓘ
nationality Ghanaian ⓘ
neighboringGroup Dangme people ⓘ
partOf Ga-Dangme peoples ⓘ
linked to: Ga-Dangme people
region coastal Ghana ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional Ga religion ⓘ
socialStructure chieftaincy system ⓘ
clan-based organization ⓘ
subgroupOf Ga people ⓘ
traditionalCenter Tema ⓘ
traditionalHousing compound houses ⓘ
traditionalOccupation fish processing ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
urbanization high ⓘ
usesCalendar Ga traditional calendar ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Ga people → subgroup → Tema (Ga) ⓘ