Ahanta

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The Ahanta are an Akan-related ethnic group of coastal Ghana known historically for their involvement in Atlantic trade and rich fishing and farming traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Ahanta canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
people ⓘ
associatedWith Fort Batenstein ⓘ
Gold Coast colonial history ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ghana ⓘ
culturalArea Gold Coast ⓘ
culturalPractice Akan festivals ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ
culturalRelation Akan cultural sphere ⓘ
demographicLocation southwestern Ghanaian coast ⓘ
economicActivity artisanal fishing ⓘ
cash-crop agriculture ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Akan ⓘ
hasClanSystem matrilineal clans ⓘ
historicalActivity Atlantic trade ⓘ
coastal commerce ⓘ
historicalContact British traders ⓘ
Dutch traders ⓘ
European traders ⓘ
Portuguese traders ⓘ
historicalPolity Ahanta Kingdom ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
language Ahanta language ⓘ
languageFamily Akan languages ⓘ
linked to: Akan language

Central Tano languages ⓘ
locatedOn coast of Ghana ⓘ
neighboringPeople Fante ⓘ
linked to: Fante people

Nzema ⓘ
Wassa ⓘ
oralTradition Akan oral literature ⓘ
partOf coastal societies of West Africa ⓘ
region Western Region of Ghana ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional Akan religion ⓘ
subgroupOf Akan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Akan people
traditionalCrop cassava ⓘ
cocoa ⓘ
maize ⓘ
plantain ⓘ
traditionalDiet cassava-based dishes ⓘ
fish-based dishes ⓘ
traditionalHousing coastal fishing settlements ⓘ
traditionalOccupation farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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