Shai

E704044

Shai are an ethnic group in southeastern Ghana, historically associated with the Dodowa area and the broader Ga-Dangme cultural sphere.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shai canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
administrativeRegion Greater Accra Region of Ghana ⓘ
associatedTown Agomeda ⓘ
Ayikuma ⓘ
Dodowa ⓘ
Prampram ⓘ
colonialEntity Gold Coast ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
countryCapitalRegion Accra area ⓘ
linked to: Accra
culturalAffiliation Ga-Dangme ⓘ
culturalPractice chieftaincy institution ⓘ
patrilineal descent ⓘ
culturalRegion Coastal Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ghana
culturalSphere Ga-Dangme cultural sphere ⓘ
ethnicMinorityStatus minority group in Ghana ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Ga-Dangme ⓘ
historicalEvent British colonial rule in Gold Coast ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Dodowa ⓘ
languageBranch Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
languageFamily Kwa languages ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Ghana ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity farming ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
trading ⓘ
modernAdministrativeDistrict Shai-Osudoku District ⓘ
nationalIdentity Ghanaian ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Dangme ⓘ
Ewe ⓘ
Ga ⓘ
partOf Ga-Dangme peoples ⓘ
linked to: Ga-Dangme people
region Greater Accra Region ⓘ
regionType coastal savanna zone ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Traditional African religion ⓘ
traditionalArchitectureMaterial mud ⓘ
thatch ⓘ
traditionalArea Dodowa area ⓘ
traditionalFestival Ngmayem Festival ⓘ
linked to: Ngmayem festival
traditionalFoodStaple cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
traditionalLeadership paramount chief ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Shai Hills ⓘ
Shai Hills Resource Reserve ⓘ
usesLanguage Dangme language ⓘ
English language ⓘ
linked to: English

Twi language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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