Anyin people

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The Anyin people are an Akan ethnic group primarily found in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, known for their rich cultural traditions, matrilineal social structure, and use of the Anyin language.

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Label Occurrences
Anyin people canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akan people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm goldsmithing ⓘ
textile weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
clanSystem abusua (matrilineal clan) ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
culturalSphere Akan cultural area ⓘ
demographicStatusInCoteDIvoire one of the major Akan-speaking groups ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
inheritanceRule matrilineal inheritance ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal clans ⓘ
language Anyin language ⓘ
languageFamily Akan languages ⓘ
linked to: Akan language

Central Tano languages ⓘ
Kwa languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Tano languages ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
migrationHistory historical migrations within the forest zone of West Africa ⓘ
musicTradition call-and-response singing ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
oralTradition proverbs ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
partOf Akan meta-ethnicity ⓘ
linked to: Akan diaspora
region eastern Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
southwestern Ghana ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Abron people ⓘ
Akyem people ⓘ
Asante people ⓘ
Baoulé people ⓘ
Fante people ⓘ
Nzema people ⓘ
socialStructure matrilineal ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
cocoa farming ⓘ
oil palm cultivation ⓘ
yam cultivation ⓘ
traditionalLeadership chiefdoms ⓘ
queen mothers ⓘ
traditionalReligion Akan traditional religion ⓘ
linked to: Akan religion
usesWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Anyin language → spokenBy → Anyin people ⓘ
Anyin language → ethnicity → Anyin people ⓘ
Central Tano → usedBy → Anyin people ⓘ