Aja people

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The Aja people are a West African ethnic group primarily living in southern Benin and Togo, historically influential in the formation of the Fon and Ewe peoples and known for their rich cultural traditions and role in regional kingdoms such as Allada.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Aja people canonical 11
Akebu people 2
Adja-Fon peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
associatedKingdom Kingdom of Allada ⓘ
Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Kingdom of Whydah ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Benin ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
culturalTradition elaborate religious festivals ⓘ
extended family compounds ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
ethnologueCode ajg ⓘ
historicallyInfluentialInFormationOf Ewe people ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Fon people ⓘ
historicalRole participants in Atlantic slave trade networks ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal ⓘ
languageFamily Gbe languages ⓘ
marriagePractice bridewealth ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Adja-Fon peoples ⓘ
linked to: Aja people

Yoruba people ⓘ
partOf Gbe-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Gbe peoples
practice ancestor worship ⓘ
primaryLocation southern Benin ⓘ
southern Togo ⓘ
region Mono River area ⓘ
linked to: Mono River basin

West Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Ewe people ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Fon people ⓘ
Gen people ⓘ
Gun people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
speak Aja language ⓘ
traditionalCraft blacksmithing ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalCrops cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
oil palm ⓘ
yam ⓘ
traditionalDance ritual dance ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
traditionalMusic call-and-response singing ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
traditionalReligion Vodun ⓘ
urbanCenter Allada ⓘ
Lokossa ⓘ
Tado ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Akebu language → spokenBy → Akebu people ⓘ
linked to: Aja people
Akebu language → ethnicity → Akebu people ⓘ
linked to: Aja people
Kaba language → spokenBy → Kaba people ⓘ
linked to: Aja people
Aja language → usedByEthnicGroup → Aja people ⓘ
Egun → sharesCulturalHeritageWith → Aja people ⓘ
Fon people → relatedEthnicGroup → Aja people ⓘ
Gen people → relatedEthnicGroup → Aja people ⓘ
Gun people → relatedEthnicGroup → Aja people ⓘ
Gun people → hasCulturalTiesWith → Aja people ⓘ
Aja people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Adja-Fon peoples ⓘ
linked to: Aja people
Aja (Benin) → ethnicGroup → Aja people ⓘ
Aja of Benin → usedBy → Aja people in Benin ⓘ
linked to: Aja people
Mina people → relatedGroup → Aja people ⓘ