Nzema

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The Nzema are an Akan-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting the coastal areas of southwestern Ghana and parts of southeastern Côte d’Ivoire, known for their rich cultural traditions and history.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nzema canonical 14
Nzema-Appolo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akan people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
borderRegionWith Ivory Coast–Ghana border ⓘ
coastalPeople true ⓘ
country Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana ⓘ
culturalRegion Western Region of Ghana ⓘ
educationLanguagePolicy Nzema used in early primary education in some areas ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice festival celebrations ⓘ
matrilineal inheritance ⓘ
stool chieftaincy ⓘ
hasFestival Kundum festival ⓘ
hasNotableTown Axim ⓘ
Eikwe ⓘ
Half Assini ⓘ
Nkroful ⓘ
historicalFigureAssociated Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
languageFamily Akan languages ⓘ
linked to: Akan language
linguisticRelation closely related to other Central Tano languages ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity cassava cultivation ⓘ
cocoa farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
oil palm cultivation ⓘ
rubber cultivation ⓘ
oralTradition folktales ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
partOf Akan cultural area ⓘ
populationDistribution predominantly rural ⓘ
primaryLanguage Nzema language ⓘ
region southeastern Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
southwestern Ghana ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
subgroupOf Akan ⓘ
traditionalArea Nzema East ⓘ
Nzema West ⓘ
traditionalArt dance ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
textile weaving ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor veneration ⓘ
belief in nature spirits ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Central Tano → hasLanguage → Nzema ⓘ
Nzema people → ethnonym → Nzema ⓘ
Kwame Nkrumah → ethnicity → Nzema ⓘ
subject linked to: Nzema people
Ghanaians → languageSpoken → Nzema ⓘ
Axim → languageSpoken → Nzema ⓘ
Nzema East Municipal District → languageSpoken → Nzema ⓘ
subject linked to: Nzema East
Ahanta → neighboringPeople → Nzema ⓘ
Nzema language → hasAlternativeName → Nzema-Appolo ⓘ
linked to: Nzema
Kwa → includesLanguage → Nzema ⓘ