The Adele people are an
ethnic group
An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...
and tribe of the
Ghanaian-
Togo border area indigenous to the
Jasikan
Jasikan is a small town and is the capital of Jasikan district, a district in the Oti Region of Ghana. It is home to Bueman Secondary School and Jasikan College of Education. It is the local business hub for Buem enclave and the seat of government ...
,
Nkwanta South and
Nkwanta North Districts of the
Volta Region centered around the towns of
Dadiasi and
Dutukpene in Ghana and the
Sotouboua Prefecture Sotouboua Prefecture is a prefecture of the Centrale Region of Togo. Its principal town is Sotouboua. At the time of the 2010 census it had a population of 158,425 people. Covering an area of , it is divided administratively into 11 cantons includ ...
of the
Centrale Region centered around the towns of
Assouma Kedeme and
Tiefouma in
Togo.
The Adele people are agricultural, primarily farming yams, cassava, plantain, beans, and rice.
Demographics
A 1960 census estimated that there were 2,400 Adele people in Ghana. Today, the tribe has population size of approximately 37,400.
Other cultural groups in the
Ghana-
Togo border region include the
Atwode, Basari,
Bimoba,
Buems,
Chokosi,
Ewe,
Guang,
Konkomba, Kotokoli, and
Likpe peoples.
Language
The
Adele language, one of the
Ghana–Togo Mountain languages, is spoken by Adele,
Kunda,
Animere, and
Northern Ghanaian peoples.
Adele Women
The Adele Women is an agricultural group in the Upper Volta region of Ghana. They practice subsistence farming and have been trained in
Permaculture from the Permaculture Network in Ghana, under the leadership of
Paul Yeboah
Paul Yeboah (1970 – 2021) was an educator, farmer, permaculturist, community developer, and social entrepreneur. Yeboah founded and coordinated the Ghana Permaculture Institute and Network in Techiman, Ghana, West Africa. It is located in the ...
.
References
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Ethnic groups in Togo
Ethnic groups in Ghana
Ethnic groups in Africa