Akwamu people
Akwamufoɔ[1] | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
Eastern and Volta Region ( Ghana) | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Akan (Agona, Akuapem, Akyem, Asante people, Bono, Coromantee, Fante, Kwahu, Wassa, Sefwi) |
| People | Akwamufoɔ |
|---|---|
| Language | Akwamu Twi |
| Country | Akwamuman |
The Akwamu people, or the Akwamufoɔ, are an Akan ethnic group in Ghana. They are native around the border between the Eastern and Volta Regions. The Akwamu founded an empire from the 17th and 18th centuries until British colonization in 1886.[2] Olsen states in his 1996 research that Akwamu populace in Ghana numbered over 50,000.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Agyekum, Kofi (20 October 2016). "Bodily state and metaphors relating to ho , 'body', in Akan". Metaphor and the Social World. 6 (2): 326–344. doi:10.1075/msw.6.2.07agy.
- ^ a b Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 22. ISBN 9780313279188.
