Ga Mantse

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The Ga Mantse is the traditional king and paramount chief of the Ga people of the Greater Accra Region in Ghana.

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Label Occurrences
Ga Mantse canonical 11

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarch ⓘ
traditional title ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Ga-Adangbe peoples ⓘ
associatedFestival Homowo festival ⓘ
authorityType customary authority ⓘ
traditional authority ⓘ
capitalCityAssociated Accra ⓘ
confers traditional titles within Ga State ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
culturalRole guardian of Ga customs and traditions ⓘ
symbol of Ga unity ⓘ
ethnicGroupRepresented Ga people ⓘ
function arbitration of disputes within Ga State ⓘ
preservation of Ga cultural heritage ⓘ
representation of Ga people in national matters ⓘ
governedBy Ga customary law ⓘ
governmentalStatus non-constitutional traditional authority ⓘ
hasSubordinate Ga clan heads ⓘ
Ga divisional chiefs ⓘ
historicalSignificance pre-colonial leadership institution of the Ga people ⓘ
jurisdiction Ga traditional area ⓘ
linked to: Ga Traditional Area

parts of the Greater Accra Region ⓘ
languageCommunity Ga language speakers ⓘ
modernRole interface between Ga traditional institutions and the Ghanaian state ⓘ
participatesIn state and traditional ceremonies in Accra ⓘ
positionHeldFor Ga people ⓘ
positionHeldIn Greater Accra Region ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Ghana ⓘ
House of Chiefs of Ghana ⓘ
region Greater Accra Region ⓘ
religiousRole participant in Ga traditional religious rites ⓘ
role paramount chief of the Ga people ⓘ
traditional king of the Ga people ⓘ
seat Ga Mantse Palace ⓘ
seatCity Accra ⓘ
selectionMethod customary selection by Ga royal houses ⓘ
enstoolment ⓘ
subordinateTo national constitutional framework of Ghana ⓘ
successionType hereditary within Ga royal lineages ⓘ
titleHolderOf Ga State ⓘ
titleLanguage Ga language ⓘ
traditionalArea Ga State ⓘ
traditionalHierarchyLevel paramount chief ⓘ

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