The
Guan
Guan may refer to:
* Guan (surname), several similar Chinese surnames
** Guān, Chinese surname
* Guan (state), ancient Chinese city-state
* Guan (bird), any of a number of bird species of the family Cracidae, of South and Central America
* Guan ( ...
-speaking Gikyode. Akyode people live in the northern
Volta
Volta may refer to:
Persons
* Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt
* Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
* Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–184 ...
basin in the Oti Region of
Ghana
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,
Africa
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.
[The Peoples of Africa, by James Stewart Olson, 1996] They are considered as the indigenous people of the Nkwanta South District. These people migrated into the Volta valley from the
Mossi region of
Burkina Faso
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around 1000 AD. The
Akyode language is called ''Gikyode''.
The Akyodes are made up of communities,
Shiare,
Abrewanko,
Odomi,
Nyambong,
Kyilinga,
Lebon,
Siban,
Pawa,
Sabon (Kabre Akura),
Bonakye,
Krachi Akura Krachi may refer to;
*Krachi West District, an administrative unit of Ghana
*Kete Krachi, a town in Krachi West District
*Krachi East District
Krachi East Municipal District is one of the eight districts in Oti Region, Ghana. Originally it was fo ...
,
Kpabo Akura,
Gekorong,
Okata (Katai Junction),
Kanba (Abrewanko Junction),
Nyakoma,
Agou,
New Agou,
Asuogya,
Keri
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,
Kabiti,
Akonsigewi (Dogokitiwa),
Kromase, and
Anebogewi (Nyambong Junction). The paramount seat is in
Shiare. Kingship is called , and is the form of leadership in these communities. Each community has a chief, or , who rules the town. The chief of Kromase is called . But the chief of
Shiare can be called or , which means king of the kingdom.
References
Ethnic groups in Ghana
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