Bono people

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The Bono people are an Akan ethnic group from central Ghana known for their early centralized states, rich gold trade history, and influential role in Akan culture and politics.

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Bono people canonical 7

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akan people
ethnic group
continent Africa
country Ghana
culturalPractice Akan festivals
Akan funerary rites
Akan naming ceremonies
engagedIn agriculture
gold mining
long-distance trade
ethnicGroupOf Ghana
ethnographicRegion West Africa
historicalCenter Bono Manso
Techiman
historicalPeriod precolonial Ghana
historicalState Bono state
Bono-Tekyiman state
influenced Akan political institutions
Akan trade networks
knownFor Akan culture
linked to: Akan people

Akan politics
early centralized states
gold trade
language Akan language
Bono dialect
Twi
linked to: Twi language
languageFamily Akan languages
majorCrops cocoa
plantain
yam
partOf Akan cultural area
politicalSystem chiefdoms
kingdoms
practice matrilineal descent
region central Ghana
relatedEthnicGroup Akuapem people
Akyem people
Asante people
Fante people
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional Akan religion
socialStructure matrilineal clans
subgroupOf Akan people
traditionalCapital Bono Manso
traditionalReligion Akan religion
use Akan chieftaincy system
Akan stool symbolism

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Kofi Abrefa Busia ethnicGroup Bono people
subject linked to: Kofi Busia
Bono language ethnicGroup Bono people
Bono language usedBy Bono people
Bono language isSpokenPrimarilyBy Bono people
Kofi Abrefa Busia ethnicGroup Bono people
subject linked to: Busia
Bono Region hasEthnicGroup Bono people