Ghanaians

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Ghanaians are the citizens and ethnic nationals of Ghana, a West African country known for its rich cultural diversity, democratic stability, and historical role in the African independence movement.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ghanaian people 2
Ghanaians canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
nationality
capitalCity Accra
citizenshipGrantedBy Constitution of Ghana
continent Africa
countryOfCitizenship Ghana
culturalHeritage highlife music
hiplife music
kente cloth weaving
traditional drumming and dance
culturalPractice celebration of festivals such as Aboakyir
celebration of festivals such as Hogbetsotso
celebration of festivals such as Homowo
demonymFor Ghana
diasporaPresence Canada
Côte d’Ivoire
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Nigeria
United Kingdom
United States
ethnicGroupIncludes Akan people
Dagomba people
Ewe people
linked to: Ewe

Ga-Adangbe people
linked to: Ga-Adangbe peoples

Guan peoples
Gurma peoples
linked to: Gurma people

Mole-Dagbani peoples
linked to: Dagomba people
historicalEventInvolvement Gold Coast independence movement
historicalRole leaders in African independence movement
independenceDate 1957-03-06
independenceFrom United Kingdom
knownFor democratic stability
peaceful power transitions
rich cultural diversity
languageSpoken Akan
Dagaare
linked to: Dagaaba

Dagbani
English
Ewe
Ga
Gonja
Nzema
locatedIn West Africa
majorReligion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
nationalFootballTeam Ghana national football team
notableLeader Kwame Nkrumah
officialLanguage English
politicalSystemContext multi-party democracy
regionalOrganizationContext Economic Community of West African States
linked to: ECOWAS
sportsPopularity football
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
useCurrency Ghanaian cedi

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Independence Day (Ghana) celebratedBy Ghanaians
subject linked to: Independence Day
Annan usedByEthnicGroup Ghanaians
Ga-Dangme people partOf Ghanaian people
linked to: Ghanaians
Lelemi people partOf Ghanaian people
linked to: Ghanaians