Aja

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Aja is a West African ethnic group and historical kingdom centered in present-day Benin and Togo, known for its significant influence on the culture and formation of neighboring Fon and Ewe peoples.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aja canonical 8
Hwe Aja 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
historical kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Adja ⓘ
associatedWith Kingdom of Allada ⓘ
Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
colonialHistory French colonial rule in Dahomey ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
culturalArea Slave Coast ⓘ
culturalInfluence religious practices in Brazil ⓘ
religious practices in Haiti ⓘ
religious practices in the Caribbean ⓘ
demographicPresence Couffo Department, Benin ⓘ
Mono Department, Benin ⓘ
Plateau Region, Togo ⓘ
ethnicReligionInfluence Ewe Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun

Fon Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
ethnogenesisRelatedTo Ewe people ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Fon people ⓘ
historicalCenter Allada ⓘ
Savi ⓘ
Tado ⓘ
historicalPeriod precolonial era ⓘ
influenced Ewe people ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Fon people ⓘ
language Aja language ⓘ
languageBranch Kwa branch ⓘ
languageFamily Gbe languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
migrationInfluence Atlantic slave trade diaspora ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Gun people ⓘ
Yoruba people ⓘ
partOf Gbe peoples ⓘ
politicalOrganization chiefdoms ⓘ
kingdoms ⓘ
primaryCountry Benin ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
region southern Benin ⓘ
southern Togo ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Mina people ⓘ
Phla–Pherá groups ⓘ
religion Vodun ⓘ
traditional West African religions ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ

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