Aja people

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The Aja people are a West African ethnic group primarily living in southern Benin and Togo, historically influential in the formation of the Fon and Ewe peoples and known for their rich cultural traditions and role in regional kingdoms such as Allada.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Aja people canonical 11
Akebu people 2
Adja-Fon peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
associatedKingdom Kingdom of Allada
Kingdom of Dahomey
Kingdom of Whydah
continent Africa
country Benin
Togo
culturalTradition elaborate religious festivals
extended family compounds
initiation rites
ethnologueCode ajg
historicallyInfluentialInFormationOf Ewe people
linked to: Ewe

Fon people
historicalRole participants in Atlantic slave trade networks
kinshipSystem patrilineal
languageFamily Gbe languages
marriagePractice bridewealth
neighboringEthnicGroup Adja-Fon peoples
linked to: Aja people

Yoruba people
partOf Gbe-speaking peoples
linked to: Gbe peoples
practice ancestor worship
primaryLocation southern Benin
southern Togo
region Mono River area
linked to: Mono River basin

West Africa
relatedEthnicGroup Ewe people
linked to: Ewe

Fon people
Gen people
Gun people
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
speak Aja language
traditionalCraft blacksmithing
pottery
weaving
traditionalCrops cassava
maize
oil palm
yam
traditionalDance ritual dance
traditionalEconomy agriculture
traditionalMusic call-and-response singing
drumming
traditionalReligion Vodun
urbanCenter Allada
Lokossa
Tado

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Akebu language spokenBy Akebu people
linked to: Aja people
Akebu language ethnicity Akebu people
linked to: Aja people
Kaba language spokenBy Kaba people
linked to: Aja people
Aja language usedByEthnicGroup Aja people
Egun sharesCulturalHeritageWith Aja people
Fon people relatedEthnicGroup Aja people
Gen people relatedEthnicGroup Aja people
Gun people relatedEthnicGroup Aja people
Gun people hasCulturalTiesWith Aja people
Aja people neighboringEthnicGroup Adja-Fon peoples
linked to: Aja people
Aja (Benin) ethnicGroup Aja people
Aja of Benin usedBy Aja people in Benin
linked to: Aja people
Mina people relatedGroup Aja people