Shai people

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The Shai people are an indigenous ethnic group in southeastern Ghana, historically known for their hilltop settlements, rich cultural traditions, and custodianship of the Shai Hills area.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shai people canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
areCustodiansOf Shai Hills Forest Reserve ⓘ
Shai Hills Resource Reserve ⓘ
Shai Hills cultural landscape ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
countrySubdivision Shai-Osudoku District ⓘ
culturalHeritage rock shrines ⓘ
sacred caves ⓘ
sacred groves ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
culturalIdentity custodians of Shai Hills area ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
annual festivals ⓘ
traditional rites of passage ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Ga-Dangme ⓘ
historicalActivity hunting ⓘ
military defense from hilltop settlements ⓘ
historicalHomeland Shai Hills ⓘ
historicalSettlementType hilltop settlements ⓘ
language Dangme language ⓘ
Ga-Dangme languages ⓘ
languageFamily Kwa languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Ghana ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
trading ⓘ
neighboringGroup Dangme people ⓘ
Ga people ⓘ
Krobo people ⓘ
partOf Ga-Dangme peoples ⓘ
linked to: Ga-Dangme people
region Greater Accra Region ⓘ
religion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture cave dwellings ⓘ
rock shelters ⓘ
traditionalArea Shai Hills ⓘ
Shai Osudoku Traditional Area ⓘ
linked to: Osudoku area
traditionalFood cassava-based dishes ⓘ
maize-based dishes ⓘ
traditionalLeadership Shai Traditional Council ⓘ
Shai-Osudoku paramount chief ⓘ
traditionalMusic dance ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
traditionalReligion Dangme traditional religion ⓘ

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

Dodowa → hasTraditionalAuthority → Shai people ⓘ
Dodowa → festivalCelebratedBy → Shai people ⓘ
Ngmayem → celebratedBy → Shai people ⓘ