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Gyaman (or Gyaaman) also spelled Jamang (or Jaman), (1450-1895) was a medieval Akan people state, located in what is now the peninsula Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. [1]

29 relations: Abron tribe, Akan people, Amanvi, Anglo-Ashanti wars, Asase Ya, Ashanti Empire, Ashanti people, Bondoukou, Brong-Ahafo Region, Central Tano languages, Dissolution (law), District, Dyula people, France, French West Africa, Heraldic flag, International Journal of African Historical Studies, Jaman District, Jaman North District, Jaman South District, Kulango language, Ligbi language, List of rulers of the Akan state of Gyaaman, Nafana people, Paramount chief, Samori Ture, Sampa, Ghana, United Kingdom, War of the Golden Stool.

Abron tribe

The Abron or Bono are an Akan people of West Africa.

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Akan people

The Akan are a meta-ethnicity predominantly speaking Central Tano languages and residing in the southern regions of the former Gold Coast region in what is today the nation of Ghana.

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Amanvi

Amanvi is a town in eastern Ivory Coast.

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Anglo-Ashanti wars

The Anglo-Ashanti Wars were a series of five conflicts between the Ashanti Empire, in the Akan interior of the Gold Coast (now Ghana), and the British Empire and British-allied African states that took place between 1824 and 1901.

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Asase Ya

Asase Ya (or Asase Yaa, Asaase Yaa, Asaase Afua; pronounced: ah-SAY-suh yah) is the Earth goddess of fertilityAfrican Traditional Religion in Biblical Perspective by Richard J. Gehman of the Ashanti people ethnic group of Ashanti City-State.

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Ashanti Empire

The Ashanti Empire (also spelled Asante) was an Akan empire and kingdom in what is now modern-day Ghana from 1670 to 1957.

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Ashanti people

Ashanti also known as Asante are an ethnic group native to the Ashanti Region of modern-day Ghana.

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Bondoukou

Bondoukou (var. Bonduku, Bontuku) is a city in north-eastern Ivory Coast, 420 km northeast of Abidjan.

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Brong-Ahafo Region

The Brong-Ahafo Region is located in south Ghana.

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Central Tano languages

The Central Tano or Akan languages are languages of the Niger-Kongo family (or perhaps the theorised Kwa languages) spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast by the Akan people.

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Dissolution (law)

In law, dissolution has multiple meanings.

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District

A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by local government.

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Dyula people

The Dyula (Dioula or Juula) are a Mande ethnic group inhabiting several West African countries, including the Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana,and Burkina Faso.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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French West Africa

French West Africa (Afrique occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger.

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Heraldic flag

In heraldry and vexillology, a heraldic flag is any of several types of flags, containing coats of arms, heraldic badges, or other devices used for personal identification.

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International Journal of African Historical Studies

The International Journal of African Historical Studies publishes peer reviewed articles on all aspects of African history.

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Jaman District

The Jaman District is a former district that was located in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.

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Jaman North District

The Jaman North District is one of the 22 districts of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.

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Jaman South District

The Jaman South Municipal Assembly is one of the 22 districts in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.

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Kulango language

Kulango is a Niger–Congo language of Ivory Coast and across the border in Ghana.

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Ligbi language

The Ligbi (or Ligby) tribe speaks the Mande language spoken in Ghana in the north-west corner of the Brong-Ahafo Region.

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List of rulers of the Akan state of Gyaaman

Gyaaman is located in present-day Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.

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Nafana people

The Nafana are a Senufo people living in the north-west of Ghana and the north-east of Côte d'Ivoire, in the area east of Bondoukou.

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Paramount chief

A paramount chief is the English-language designation for the highest-level political leader in a regional or local polity or country administered politically with a chief-based system.

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Samori Ture

Samori Ture (c. 1830 – June 2, 1900), also known as Samori Toure, Samory Touré, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, was a Guinean Muslim cleric, and the founder and leader of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was in present-day north and south-eastern Guinea and included part of north-eastern Sierra Leone, part of Mali, part of northern Côte d'Ivoire and part of southern Burkina Faso.

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Sampa, Ghana

Sampa is a town in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana, on the border with Côte d'Ivoire.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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War of the Golden Stool

The War of the Golden Stool, also known as the Yaa Asantewaa War, the Third Ashanti Expedition, the Ashanti Uprising, or variations thereof, was the final war in a series of conflicts between the British Imperial government of the Gold Coast (later Ghana) and the Ashanti Empire (later Ashanti Region), an autonomous state in West Africa that fractiously co-existed with the British and its vassal coastal tribes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyaaman

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