Anyin people

E617312

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Anyin people canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akan people
ethnic group
artForm goldsmithing
textile weaving
wood carving
clanSystem abusua (matrilineal clan)
continent Africa
country Côte d'Ivoire NERFINISHED
Ghana
culturalSphere Akan cultural area NERFINISHED
demographicStatusInCoteDIvoire one of the major Akan-speaking groups
ethnicGroupOf Côte d'Ivoire NERFINISHED
Ghana NERFINISHED
inheritanceRule matrilineal inheritance
kinshipSystem matrilineal clans
language Anyin language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Akan languages NERFINISHED
Central Tano languages
Kwa languages NERFINISHED
Niger–Congo languages
Tano languages NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
region eastern Côte d'Ivoire
southwestern Ghana
relatedEthnicGroup Abron people NERFINISHED
Akyem people NERFINISHED
Asante people NERFINISHED
Baoulé people NERFINISHED
Fante people NERFINISHED
Nzema people NERFINISHED
socialStructure matrilineal
traditionalEconomy agriculture
cocoa farming
oil palm cultivation
yam cultivation
traditionalLeadership chiefdoms
queen mothers
traditionalReligion Akan traditional religion NERFINISHED
usesWritingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

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