Aja people

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ethnic group

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aja people canonical 3
Akebu people 2
Kaba people 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
associatedKingdom Kingdom of Allada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Dahomey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Whydah NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalTradition elaborate religious festivals ⓘ
extended family compounds ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
ethnologueCode ajg ⓘ
historicallyInfluentialInFormationOf Ewe people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fon people NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole participants in Atlantic slave trade networks ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal ⓘ
languageFamily Gbe languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
marriagePractice bridewealth ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Adja-Fon peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoruba people NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Gbe-speaking peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
practice ancestor worship ⓘ
primaryLocation southern Benin ⓘ
southern Togo ⓘ
region Mono River area NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Ewe people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fon people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gen people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gun people NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
speak Aja language NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalCraft blacksmithing ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalCrops cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
oil palm ⓘ
yam ⓘ
traditionalDance ritual dance ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
traditionalMusic call-and-response singing ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
traditionalReligion Vodun NERFINISHED ⓘ
urbanCenter Allada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lokossa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tado NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Gbe languages → ethnolinguisticGroup → Aja people ⓘ
Akebu language → spokenBy → Aja people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akebu people
Akebu language → ethnicity → Aja people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akebu people
Kaba language → spokenBy → Aja people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaba people
Aja language → usedByEthnicGroup → Aja people ⓘ
Egun → sharesCulturalHeritageWith → Aja people ⓘ