Anyin people

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The Anyin people are an Akan ethnic group primarily found in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, known for their rich cultural traditions, matrilineal social structure, and use of the Anyin language.

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Anyin people canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Akan people
ethnic group
artForm goldsmithing
textile weaving
wood carving
clanSystem abusua (matrilineal clan)
continent Africa
country Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
culturalSphere Akan cultural area
demographicStatusInCoteDIvoire one of the major Akan-speaking groups
ethnicGroupOf Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
inheritanceRule matrilineal inheritance
kinshipSystem matrilineal clans
language Anyin language
languageFamily Akan languages
linked to: Akan language

Central Tano languages
Kwa languages
Niger–Congo languages
Tano languages
majorReligion Christianity
Islam
migrationHistory historical migrations within the forest zone of West Africa
musicTradition call-and-response singing
drumming
oralTradition proverbs
storytelling
partOf Akan meta-ethnicity
linked to: Akan diaspora
region eastern Côte d'Ivoire
southwestern Ghana
relatedEthnicGroup Abron people
Akyem people
Asante people
Baoulé people
Fante people
Nzema people
socialStructure matrilineal
traditionalEconomy agriculture
cocoa farming
oil palm cultivation
yam cultivation
traditionalLeadership chiefdoms
queen mothers
traditionalReligion Akan traditional religion
linked to: Akan religion
usesWritingSystem Latin script

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Anyin language spokenBy Anyin people
Anyin language ethnicity Anyin people
Central Tano usedBy Anyin people