Ahanta people
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The Ahanta/Ayinda are Akan People who live to the north and east of the Nzema. The Ahanta land has been historically known as one of the richest areas on the coast of what is now Ghana.
Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
Total population | |
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~2,000,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Western Region Ghana | |
Languages | |
Ahanta, French, English | |
Religion | |
African traditional religion, Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Akan |
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The Ahanta land spans from Beposo to Ankobra in what is now the Western Region of the Republic of Ghana, a regional power in the form of a confederacy of chiefdoms which had come in early contact with the European nations settling on the Gold Coast for the purpose of trade.[1]