Manya Krobo

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Manya Krobo is a traditional area in southeastern Ghana inhabited predominantly by the Dangme-speaking Krobo people, known for their rich cultural heritage and festivals.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Manya Krobo canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district ⓘ
traditional area ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus important Krobo cultural center ⓘ
culturalPractice puberty rites for girls (Dipo) ⓘ
culturalSymbol Krobo beads ⓘ
linked to: Krobo

traditional Krobo cloth ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Dangme-speaking Krobo people ⓘ
festivalType harvest festival ⓘ
governedBy Manya Krobo Traditional Council ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage rich Krobo cultural traditions ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
artisanal bead production ⓘ
trading ⓘ
hasEthnicIdentity Ga-Dangme group ⓘ
linked to: Ga-Dangme people
hasFestival Ngmayem Festival ⓘ
linked to: Ngmayem festival
hasLocalGovernment Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly ⓘ
Upper Manya Krobo District Assembly ⓘ
hasMainTown Asesewa ⓘ
Kpong ⓘ
Odumase-Krobo ⓘ
hasNeighboringArea Akwapim area ⓘ
linked to: Akuapem area

Shai-Osudoku ⓘ
linked to: Osudoku area

Yilo Krobo ⓘ
hasRulerTitle Konor ⓘ
hasSettlementType rural communities ⓘ
small urban centers ⓘ
hasSubgroup various Krobo clans ⓘ
inhabitedBy Krobo people ⓘ
knownFor Krobo bead-making traditions ⓘ
cultural festivals ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Region, Ghana ⓘ
southeastern Ghana ⓘ
locatedNear Lower Volta basin ⓘ
linked to: Volta River basin
majorEthnicGroup Krobo people ⓘ
majorLanguage Dangme ⓘ
partOf Dangme cultural area ⓘ
Krobo area ⓘ
regionOfPeople Krobo people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Traditional African religion ⓘ
traditionalAuthority Manya Krobo Traditional Area ⓘ
traditionalCapital Odumase-Krobo ⓘ
traditionalReligion veneration of ancestral spirits ⓘ
usesLanguage Akan (as lingua franca) ⓘ
linked to: Akan language

English ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Dangme people → traditionalArea → Manya Krobo ⓘ
Ngmayem festival → associatedWith → Manya Krobo ⓘ
Krobo → hasSubgroup → Manya Krobo ⓘ