Major ethnic groups in Ghana and their peculiarities
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- The West African nation of Ghana is endowed with a rich cultural diversity. There are numerous ethnic groups and tribes, each speaking their unique dialects and having their own cultures. In this video, we discuss the Major ethnic groups in Ghana and their peculiarities. Watch!
Any narration with respect to Akans and Ghana without Bono people (Abron/Bono) and Bonoman is grossly incomplete. It should be the first to highlight
Really true.
All present day Akans are from the Bono people
@@nisigate All present-day Akans used to live in the Bono region. It is not certain whether they all identified as Bonos or not, so it may be that they are not necessarily from the Bono people.
this is good. I wish there were more videos like this about the specific ethnic groups in many countries. I wish they would emphasize the physical appearance as well because those of us who are descendants of enslaved people in the diaspora would like to compare our appearance to the appearance of these tribes to help us to determine which ones we may belong to historically. DNA tests are fine, but you can really identify when you see someone who looks like you.
Ah I wish it were that simple! But we are really all mixed. Especially us in the west of Africa. As we started in the north east of Africa Ie. Egypt, Ethiopia and what is now recently known as the “Middle East”
Don’t get me wrong there are definitely stereotypical looks in each tribe and even clans. However once you think you’ve got it figured out you will then see the same exact a look on the other side of Africa. 😂
As far as ethnicity: there are actually only 4 different indigenous ethnicities in Africa. Ie. Bantu (which is what people in the west typically mean when they say “black”), Nilotic people from the Nile river (average height 6”2- 6”4) named in the bible as Ethiopia “A Tall Smooth Skinned People” then you have Pigmy people who have an average height of 4”11 (Many Filipina’s derive from them as well as asia and Spain of course) and then you have Khoi San people of Southern Africa (believed to be the oldest tribe in the world) also where Chinese people come from. And lastly you Arab/Afro-Asiatic.
And most of us are mixed. No one clan is “pure”
Many Bantu people immigrated from west Africa to south hence why we have similar looks.
Hope this helps somehow.
But Rest assured we are all discovering our roots. Akan’s and MANY West African’s are only now discovering that we migrated from Egypt and Israel aka Canaan/Canaana/Akana/Alan
The bible is the BEST reference for all ethnic history. I have discovered. We are featured a lot. In many aspects.
Not accurate hehehe.
Really good video!
Amazing presentation of my motherland’s tribes🥰
Proud Ewe ❤️🇬🇭
Proud Ewe❤❤❤️🇬🇭🇹🇬
Do you know about Mamprusi, Gonja, Guans, Sissala, Dagombas,
hehe
They are all one tribe just different nickname which they adopted recently 😂
I'm sorry, how did you say "Akan"? is this a computer robot voice?
Do your resaech well by visiting various tribes, for them to tell you who they are and what make them special.
The word Akan is a very big different clans speaking almost semilar language like nyienda ,ahanta to is an Akan language speaks by many on takoradi road going to Nzema
Is a wonderful video, but you have not included the konkombas of Northern Ghana. I will be most grateful if you could figure out their history as well.
Konkonba are sub tribes of mole Dagombas. There are considered Dagombas.
Chech the sub title. The ethnic groups in GHAHA not in Togo. Konkombas are from Togo
As we don't no Please Teach me
Nice
have u heard of the Ankun Tribe?
Good video but I have some few comments. The Nzema people like the Ashantis and Fantes are Akan. It is not a dialect that determines ones tribe but rather the main language. All languages have dialects. As you mentioned some Akans speak Bia which most Akans do not understand. Even among Fantes who are a subtribe of Akan, you have various dialects. Ashanti and Fante are not different tribes but subtribes of Akan. I know you use the phrase ethnic group, then they are sub ethnic group of Akan. I know many Ghanaians mistakenly called Fante or Ashanti as tribe but that is not correct. Lastly, most Fantes are outside Cape Coast. However, Cape Coast is the Fantes largest city.
My dad's fante and my mum's Ashanti but my mum speaks twi and it sounds almost identical to when my dad's fante
@@vi-negar9196 Fante and twi are dialects of the same language (Akan). Therefore, they sounds similar.
Would you say baoulé and agnin of Ivory Coast are Akans
@@connormurphy683 Yes, Bawule and agnin of Ivory Coast are Akans. Abla Pokou, the founder and the Queen mother of the Bawule was the niece of the Asante King Osei Tutu I. The Agnis as well migrated from the Asante Kingdom in Ghana to Ivory Coast.
Fante or Ashanti are not tribes. They are ethnic groups belonging to a larger umbrella ethnic group the Akan.
A tribe is a community which consists of people from the same clan. That does not describe the Fante or Asante sufficiently.
It is pejorative in fact.
Fante comprises of numerous clans with a complex level of polities, i.e. Chiefs and ultimately a king.
The Asante is similar but is a union of several states with a leader which i would describe as an empire i.e the Asantehene who presides over other kings - Omanhene within Asante.
Fante and Asante Twi are regarded as separate languages not dialects of Twi.
Fante is different as it has absorbed elements of the Guan languages.
Hausa is just a language spoken in Ghana just like English and French it's not an ethnicity, most of the people who speak hausa in Ghana are not related to the hausa people of northern Nigeria majority are from Togo, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, etc. It's just a language they have adopted. I'm an Ewe but I speak hausa Ga etc..
@Gingerbreadman GanjaFarmer Is Hausa spoken alot in Ghana?
Hausa isn’t only just a language it’s also an ancient civilization within the borders of Algeria and niger 🧐
It’s not just a language it’s an ethnic group...
Yes most kotokoli that live in Ghana Speak Hausa as well
Who told you that Hausa is spoken in Mali and Burkina Faso? Just full of ignorance.
Please search these ethnic groups and add it 😊😊😊😊🙏
Ewe people are from BENIN, Togo and Ghana,
Please talk about Nafaana tribe
Let's know about the Talensi tribe too and the Guruni
I can't believe you left my bono brothers the 3rd largest sub tribe of the akans
Am of the Ewe tribe it is true that land passed down would be sold it’s usually leased so it’ll still be passed down
Leaving us Bono people out was really saddening
What are the major languages of Ghana??
The akans are one tribe with different languages
Are Bono A part of any of those tribes????
Bono(Abron/Brong) is part of the Akan, that's where Akan originated from and most of the culture of Akan. The narrator goofed without mentioning Bono. It should be the first and foremost
What about the Bissa tribe?
The mole Dagbani people are the largest ethnic group and the konkombas are the second largest in northern Ghana but all these were not captured, and we are from Tamale and not Bolgataga
Does mole dagbani include the Mossi of burkina faso
As we
Kindly do your research well using the book KNOW GHANA BETTER
Alot of error in the video. Mole Dabgon has Dagbani, Mamprusi, Guruni etc as part of their language. They are Not from Bolgatanga but Current Northern Region.
We don’t have Hausas in Ivory Coast there are Mandingos and Volta people in the North
There is nothing like Fante Kwahu.
i wish there was more information about the ga tribe. i feel like we ae one of he forgotten tries
@Joseph Sonne yes! And I don’t want our language and cultures to die out
The ga tribe originated from nigeria from yoruba land
@@nanaofori3116 no stop misinforming people they transited through Nigeria
The Nzemas do not speak Hausa. They form part of the Akan ethnic group.
Go back an fine Bono people's they are the number one of all akans trips. The biggest akan trip ever. Bono Fri Tete ❤
What about Gonja
Where nzema people at🙄🙄
Nzema people are Ashanti's. They are part of the kotoko family remember. The are Akans and are linked with the Ashanti tribe.
They always forget
Ei Nzema is Ashanti? OK then you might as well say all Guans are Ashanti erh...
Nzema is related to the Guan though they are now Akanised
Forgot to talk about the TWI (but I guess that falls under Akan).
My ethnic background is Guyanese, alot of us Black Guyanese have Ghanian ancestry.
I believe I'm part Akan and part Fante, well that's what most Ghanaians I know say I look like the most.
Is lorbo a major or minor ethnic group
What about NCHUMURUS
However, it is possible to have speakers of a particular language, who are not native speakers. Therefore, some Nzemas, through multilingualism, could speak Hausa. That doesn't necessarily mean Nzemas do speak Hausa
Mole Dabgon has Dagbani, Mamprusi, Guruni and probably dagaare, Wala, lobi ...as part of their language. More light into your resarch will elighten a good populace.
What is with the nilotes in the thumbnail?
Gagaabas, kassena-nankana, sissala etc, so many left. Do a better research and come again
6:03 hausa is Africa's largest ethnic group..wow
Because the Hausa's are all over Africa
It’s Fulani not Hausa
@@Yayode_Akuafo_Patawah1145 OK so they made a mistake
Those who say that Hausa is the largest ethnic group in Africa don't know anything. The Hausa is only in Nigeria and Niger and with small populations of Hausa speakers in the Zongo communities in Cameroon and Ghana. However, the Fulani are by far the largest ethnic group in Africa. They're the largest ethnic group in Guinea Conakry and the 2nd largest in Senegal, Mali, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Cameroon, and the 3rd largest in Niger, Chad, Sudan, CAR, Eritrea, etc.
@@mahmudbarry7011 ok
You missed the Bissa ethnic group with a population of over a million
Akuapem
Are there any indigenous people still living in Ghana?
Yes of course! Thanks for watching Vinn.
Guan
5:34 Guan tribe ..oh I remember seeing a lady wearing this pattern who was from Ghana so she must have been from this tribe. Interesting
That outfit is called a smock/fugu/batakari - very common amongst all people in the northern sector of the country
@@ghanalocal6713 thanks. Very helpful . props
Guan is not a tribe but an ethnic group. They are found all over Ghana from North to South. The Gonja tribe in the North, Effutu, Awutu tribe and Larteh in the south and many others in the now It Region.
@@dramaluvamens9313 ethnic group yes. We are taught to use word ethnic group not tribe as historians. True
@@chimakalu41 Actually now in Ghana, in education circles like anthropology in the universities, they are starting to use "people groups". There are so many non-native people groups in the country now. Some not even from the African continent.
Does anybody know where the Brong belong to?
Brongs are akans too, the area used be called Western Asante until it the bcm Brong-Ahafo reg. However, it's now divided into the Ahafo region - capital is Goaso, the Brong region - capital is Sunyani & the Brong East region- capital is Techiman
They've their own dialect, in fact variations depending on the geographical area.
@@andromedab902 Thank you so much!!! 🙏🏿
Bono(Abron/Brong) is part of the Akan, that's where Akan originated from and most of the culture of Akan. The narrator goofed without mentioning Bono. It should be the first and foremost
The Kente is not is not from the Ashantis, Point of correction.
You left out the Bissa or Busanga ethnic group
We are talking of ethnic groups in GHAHA not Burkina Faso
3:03 fante are a warrior tribe? .... interesting
Probably, yeah, they've Asafo companies, right?🤣🤣
Warrior tribe? They didn't fight the white man
@@veraaddoyobo8482 So what was the ethnic group known for?
@@chimakalu41 not fighting the white man
@@veraaddoyobo8482 I see what in your opinion is their most outstanding trait ?
You forgot to talk about the Nzemas people
Kentey does not come from Ashanti. Jesus Christ.
Wher does it come from Smh.
@@akosuaagyeman8218 you will always have an Ewe claiming Kente came from them. They suffer so much from inferiority complex it's unbelievable
The Ewe's cousins in Togo and Benin do use kente. Accept the fact!
@@kwakuakonto8942 ewes cousins in Togo and Benin don't use kente so how come ewes in Ghana are the originators of kente. I suspect ewes might have learnt the kente weaving from the Ashantis
@@kwakuakonto8942 In Ewe, Ke means open and te means close, so ewes call it kete. Now tell me the meaning of kente in your Akan language. Inferiority complex my foot. If you don't know most Ewes see you guys as senseless braggarts. Go and find out why Ewes call you guys Ebluwo?
The Adangbe people are about 75 percent of the Ga Adangbe group.. who are shai, Ada, prampram, Nigo, osudoku, and krobos who are the largest amongst the Ga Adangbe group. Please study more about the Adangbe people,thay are also a tribe in Togo and Benin... why do you say we Ewe people have alot of deity we worship what about the oder tribes in Ghana??????? Please!!!!
3:42 Ewe.yes. 3:56 wait 600 deities..what????
Ashock
@@gloria7964 that is a lot .
What of Bono
Bono(Abron/Brong) is part of the Akan, that's where Akan originated from and most of the culture of Akan. The narrator goofed without mentioning Bono. It should be the first and foremost
Uganda to Ghana insha'Allah
Bissa
Bono ahafo?
Bono(Abron/Brong) is part of the Akan, that's where Akan originated from and most of the culture of Akan. The narrator goofed without mentioning Bono. It should be the first and foremost
The wassa people
Bono is one of the bigest akan tribe in Ghana. they are not in why . most people think they are asanti tribe but they are not amont the asanti tribe . they are different from asanti tribe
KUSASI.
Very misleading video. Dagomba are the same as Mole-dogomba so why add that the group worthy of notice in the end? A whole lot of inacurracies
there's no haussa in ivory coast
Yh there are their everywhere
@@stanzre no there is a different between being there and originally
@@joshuakotei6261 he said there are no Hausa in Ivory Coast .. didn’t say anything about originally
@@stanzre oh ok
Bono people
Bono(Abron/Brong) is part of the Akan, that's where Akan originated from and most of the culture of Akan. The narrator goofed without mentioning Bono. It should be the first and foremost
Gonja tribe
Bono tribe and the Thaime
Bono(Abron/Brong) is part of the Akan, that's where Akan originated from and most of the culture of Akan. The narrator goofed without mentioning Bono. It should be the first and foremost
@@asiedu_augustine that Akan label is not accepted by all supposed members though
@@stanzre
Please I don't get your point, can you elaborate on it
But asante is the best
You are a lair with fake information I am a Ghanaian what you are saying is not true we Akans are not the few that you stated over there 👉 I am an Nzema we are also Akans in both Ghana 🇬🇭 n Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 not alone Nzema but anyi from Nzema language is also Akan ebroza from Nzema is also Akan bawule is find on takoradi road is also Akan language majority of them are find in Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 so please get y’all information right Mr man 👨 don’t say what you don’t know simple
Sorry there no Hawusas in Ghana
Yes there are
Yes they are.. what are u saying
Yeah there are... although it can be confusing because most tribe that come from other countries tend to learn Hausa and speak it like the thaime and some ewe
Who told you, masa you need to Research
Inzema people are part of Akan tribe.
Nzemas are Guans their never part of the Akans
@@adamshafiza1057 They are Akan people. Gonja, Anum, Larteh, Nawuri and Ntsumburu these are Guan people
Guans are the lagest ethnic group in Ghana and the first people on the present day call Ghana. Pls don't spread lies
Are you not sure that the Hausa tribe in ghana are part of the fulani tribe in ghana. And the fulani tribe in ghana is more dominate in ghana while the Hausas are more Nigerian
Hausa are not Nigerian..
We Guan's owns Ghana land
Akan tribe are the ancient Egyptians. Afirm tribes are the ancient Jews. Source: Nana Banchie Darkwah Ph.D.
Lol 🤣😆🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@niamtxiv But he’s right tho… The Akan did originate from ancient Egypt, our ancestors escaped to Ghana/IvoryCoast during the multiple invasions from Romans and Hyksos. You can’t be laughing at people while being ignorant on the subject😅
Black Americans are not from Africa.
Can you expand ?
Yeah they were born in America but why wouldn’t they still be considered Africans ?
Genuinely asking.
@@shesfullofwisdomluv3764 It's not a matter of them just being born in America, The Facts are they were here long before anyone else. After the invasion of four countries dividing the land among themselves bring their religion putting people into servitude/enslavement they began to murdering out the people and their elders, stripping them of their languages culture, and heritages erasing and replacing with their own people setting up schools to teach them a false history of their version lying history they want them to believe and the rest of the world.
the settlers enslaved the indigenous Americans in their own land they never came from Africa, not one indigenous American has a grandparent or a great, great grandparent that knows or remember anything about Africa or Africans, many Africans do not know anything about the Atlantic slave trade those that do will tell you they learned it from whites history.
When I ask about the so-called enslaved dungeons on long the west coast I was told by Africans that it was for trading goods, not people.
This is who they saw when they came to Turtle Island known as America.
Columbus Himself
According to renowned American historian and linguist Leo Weiner of Harvard University, one
of the strongest pieces of evidence to support the fact that BLACK PEOPLE sailed to America before
Christopher Columbus was a journal entry from Columbus himself. In Weiner’s book, “Africa and the Discovery of America,” he explains that Columbus noted in his journal that the Native
Americans confirmed “black skinned people had come from the south-east in boats, trading in
gold-tipped spears.
Egyptian Artifacts in
North America
For years, Eurocentric archaeologists have largely turned the other cheek when it came to the discovery of artifacts from ancient Egypt being discovered in the Americas. According to Dr.David Imhotep, the author behind the book “The First Americans Were AFRICAN: Documented Evidence,” “Egyptian artifacts found across North America from the Algonquin writings on the
East Coast to the artifacts and Egyptian place names in the Grand Canyon” are all signs of an early arrival in the Americas by AFRICANS. This is also paired with a much earlier account of BLACK PEOPLE with incredible skills at sea. Back in 445 B.C.
THE GRAVES NEVER LIE IT'S THE LIVING THAT LIES
Ancient African Skeletons
Discovered in the New World
There have been many instances of archaeologists discovering skulls and skeletons that they
believed clearly belonged to people of African descent. Polish professor Andrzej Wiercinski
revealed the discovery of African skulls at Olmec sites in Tlatilco, Cerro de las Mesas and Monte
Alban. Even more ancient African skeletons that would clearly predate Columbus’ arrival in the
Americas were discovered throughout Central America and South America with some even
being unearthed in what is now California.
Aborigine one wow thanks so much for breaking it down. I definitely understand what you were saying and you said nothing but Truth here thanks for Sharing again .
So true “The living lies “
So many points made
Do you have any social media where you speak more on things?
Hausas, as much as they and Yorubas have influenced the cultures of Ghana, these two ethnic groups are not indigenous to Ghana. The Hausas & the Yorubas are Nigerians. You will never find any geographical parts of Ghana that belong to these two ethnic groups. HAUSAS ARE NIGERIANS IN GHANA. PERIOD!
Exactly so. They are from Nigeria.
The Ga Tribe also 🤫