Bono people

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The Bono people are an Akan ethnic group from central Ghana known for their early centralized states, rich gold trade history, and influential role in Akan culture and politics.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bono people canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akan people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
culturalPractice Akan festivals ⓘ
Akan funerary rites ⓘ
Akan naming ceremonies ⓘ
engagedIn agriculture ⓘ
gold mining ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Ghana ⓘ
ethnographicRegion West Africa ⓘ
historicalCenter Bono Manso ⓘ
Techiman ⓘ
historicalPeriod precolonial Ghana ⓘ
historicalState Bono state ⓘ
Bono-Tekyiman state ⓘ
influenced Akan political institutions ⓘ
Akan trade networks ⓘ
knownFor Akan culture ⓘ
linked to: Akan people

Akan politics ⓘ
early centralized states ⓘ
gold trade ⓘ
language Akan language ⓘ
Bono dialect ⓘ
Twi ⓘ
linked to: Twi language
languageFamily Akan languages ⓘ
majorCrops cocoa ⓘ
plantain ⓘ
yam ⓘ
partOf Akan cultural area ⓘ
politicalSystem chiefdoms ⓘ
kingdoms ⓘ
practice matrilineal descent ⓘ
region central Ghana ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Akuapem people ⓘ
Akyem people ⓘ
Asante people ⓘ
Fante people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional Akan religion ⓘ
socialStructure matrilineal clans ⓘ
subgroupOf Akan people ⓘ
traditionalCapital Bono Manso ⓘ
traditionalReligion Akan religion ⓘ
use Akan chieftaincy system ⓘ
Akan stool symbolism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Kofi Abrefa Busia → ethnicGroup → Bono people ⓘ
subject linked to: Kofi Busia
Bono language → ethnicGroup → Bono people ⓘ
Bono language → usedBy → Bono people ⓘ
Bono language → isSpokenPrimarilyBy → Bono people ⓘ
Kofi Abrefa Busia → ethnicGroup → Bono people ⓘ
subject linked to: Busia
Bono Region → hasEthnicGroup → Bono people ⓘ