Gonja

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ethnic group paramount chief pre-colonial African state social group town traditional ruler

Gonja are an ethnic group in northern Ghana known for their distinct language, chieftaincy traditions, and historical Gonja kingdom.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Gonja Kingdom 0
Damongo 0
Yagbonwura 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
paramount chief ⓘ
pre-colonial African state ⓘ
social group ⓘ
town ⓘ
traditional ruler ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
ethnicGroup Gonja NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gonja NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnonym Ngbanya NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Gonja Traditional Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice chieftaincy succession ⓘ
dance ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
festival celebrations ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
hasHistoricalEntity Gonja Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubgroup various local clans ⓘ
hasTitle Yagbonwura NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole formation of a centralized kingdom in northern Ghana ⓘ
regional trade mediation in northern Ghana ⓘ
language Gonja language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Guan languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Dagomba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mamprusi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nanumba NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Guan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Northern Region of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Savannah Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
traditionalAuthoritySystem chieftaincy ⓘ
traditionalCapital Damongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trade ⓘ
usesScript Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Gonja language → alternateName → Gonja ⓘ
Northern Region of Ghana → ethnicGroup → Gonja ⓘ
Northern Region → hasEthnicGroup → Gonja ⓘ