Ga-Dangme people

E219846

The Ga-Dangme people are an ethnic group of southeastern Ghana, centered around the Greater Accra Region, known for their coastal trading history, distinctive festivals, and Ga and Dangme languages.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ga-Dangme people canonical 14
Ga-Dangme peoples 3
Ga-Dangme group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
culturalPractice chieftaincy institution ⓘ
drumming and dancing ⓘ
libation pouring ⓘ
twin celebrations ⓘ
economicActivity fishing industry ⓘ
salt production ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Eastern Region of Ghana ⓘ
Greater Accra Region ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Ga-Dangme ⓘ
festival Asafotufiam festival ⓘ
Homowo festival ⓘ
historicalRole coastal middlemen in Atlantic trade ⓘ
knownFor coastal trading history ⓘ
distinctive festivals ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
language Dangme language ⓘ
Ga language ⓘ
linguisticFamily Kwa languages ⓘ
linguisticPhylum Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
majorUrbanCenter Accra ⓘ
Tema ⓘ
nationalLanguageStatus Dangme is a government-sponsored language in Ghana ⓘ
Ga is a government-sponsored language in Ghana ⓘ
partOf Ghanaian people ⓘ
linked to: Ghanaians
primaryRegion Greater Accra Region ⓘ
southeastern Ghana ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
subgroup Dangme people ⓘ
Ga people ⓘ
traditionalArea Accra ⓘ
Ada ⓘ
Ga Mashie ⓘ
Krobo ⓘ
La ⓘ
Ningo ⓘ
Nungua ⓘ
Osu ⓘ
Prampram ⓘ
Shai ⓘ
Tema ⓘ
Teshie ⓘ
traditionalLeadership Dangme chiefs ⓘ
Ga Mantse ⓘ
traditionalReligion Ga traditional religion ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Ga people → relatedEthnicGroup → Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
Tema (Ga) → partOf → Ga-Dangme peoples ⓘ
linked to: Ga-Dangme people
Ada Foah → ethnicGroup → Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
Southern Ghana → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
Ngmayem festival → ethnicGroup → Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
Asafotufiam festival → ethnicGroup → Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
Asafo military companies → ethnicGroup → Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
Osu Mantse → culturalContext → Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
Shai → partOf → Ga-Dangme peoples ⓘ
linked to: Ga-Dangme people
Shai people → partOf → Ga-Dangme peoples ⓘ
linked to: Ga-Dangme people
Ga West Municipal District → hasEthnicGroup → Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
Ningo → traditionalHomelandOf → Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
Krobo → partOfEthnicMacrogroup → Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
Ada Traditional Area → ethnicGroup → Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
Ada Traditional Area → culturalRegionOf → Ga-Dangme people ⓘ
Manya Krobo → hasEthnicIdentity → Ga-Dangme group ⓘ
linked to: Ga-Dangme people