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Ethnic groups in Ghana

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Yoruba people
ethnic group of Nigeria, Benin and Togo
Hausa people
ethnic group in West Africa
Akan people
ethnic group in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo
Mossi people
ethnic group in Burkina Faso and Togo
Asante
ethnic group in Ghana
Soninke people
ethnic group in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal.
Ewe
ethnic group in Ghana and Togo
Dagbamba
ethnic group in Ghana
Zarma people
ethnic group of westernmost Niger, Nigeria, Benin and nearby countries
Dyula people
ethnic group in West Africa
Fante
ethnic group in coastal Ghana
Anyi people
ethnic group in Ivory Coast, Ghana and Togo
Gurunsi people
ethnic group in Burkina Faso and Ghana
Bissa people
ethnic group in Burkina Faso and Ghana
Brong people
ethnic group in Ghana and Ivory Coast
Ga-Adangbe people
The Ga-Dangbe, Ga-Dangme, Ga-Adangme or Ga-Adangbe are an ethnic group in Ghana, Togo, and Benin. They comprise the Ga (or Gan) and Dangbe (or Dangme) subgroups, who speak closely related languages. Between the two subgroups, the Dangme are more populous. The Ga-Dangmes live primarily in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Akyem
Akan ethnic group in Ghana
Dagaaba people
ethnic group in West Africa
Tallensi
Tallensi, also spelled Talensi, are a people of northern Ghana who speak a language of the Gur branch of the Niger-Congo language family. They grow millet and sorghum as staples and raise cattle, sheep, and goats on a small scale. Their normal domestic unit is the polygamous joint family of a man and his sons (and sometimes grandsons) with their wives and unmarried daughters. Married daughters live with their husbands in other communities, commonly nearby.
Nzema people
ethnic group in southeastern Ivory Coast and Ghana
Frafra people
ethnic group
Akuapem
ethnic group of Ghana
Bono State
primordial Akan state by the Bono people
Konkomba people
ethnic group in West Africa
Moba people
West African ethnic group
Mamprusi people
ethnic group in Ghana
Gonja people
ethnic group
Ahanta people
ethnic people in Ghana
Wala people
ethnic group
Yeji
capital town of Pru East in Bono East Region, Ghana
Kusasi people
ethnic group in West Africa
Kassena
thumb|A map of the region in which the Kassena people live, in both Ghana en Burkina Faso The Kassena people are an ethnic group located along the northern Ghana and Burkina Faso border. They speak the Kasem language. Their king lives in the town of Tiébélé. The Kasenna are closely related to the people of Nankanni and were brought together to form the Kassena-Nankana administrative district in 1936. As of 2008, the (Kassena-Nankana) area comprises two districts: Kassena Nankana West and Kassena Nankana East.
Wiawso
Capital of the Western North Region, Ghana
Guang people
ethnic group of northern Ghana
Anlo Ewe people
ethnic group in Ghana and Togo
Tém
ethnic group
Logba people
ethnic group in Ghana
Ahafo people
thumb|Ahafo yam farmers Ahafo are Akan people who live in Ghana.
Avatime people
ethnic group
Abidji people
ethnic group in Ivory Coast
Nafana people
ethnic group in West Africa
Nanumba people
Mole-Dagbon ethnic group in north east of Ghana
Efutu people
ethnic group
Kyode people
ethnic group in Ghana
Birifor people
ethnic group in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Ghana
Krobo people
ethnic group in Ghana
Kurtey people
ethnic group in Niger
Tabom people
ethnic group
Nuna people
ethnic group in Burkina Faso and Ghana
Assin
ethnic group in Ghana
Ghanaians
Ghanaians are a nation originating in the Ghanaian Gold Coast. Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the Republic of Ghana and are the predominant cultural group and residents of Ghana, numbering 34 million people as of 2024, making up 85% of the population. The word "Ghana" means "warrior king". An estimated diaspora population of 4 million people worldwide are of Ghanaian descent. The term ethnic Ghanaian may also be used in some contexts to refer to a group of related ethnic groups native to the Gold Coast.
Tshi
Tshi, Tchwi, or Oji are a group of people living in Ghana. The chief of these are the Ashanti, Fanti, Akim and Aquapem. Their common language is Tshi, from which they gain their family name.
Adansi
Adanse or Adansi was one of the earliest Akan states in the southern part of present-day Ashanti Region, Ghana. It is regarded as the ancestral homeland from which many of the southern Akan trace their origins. Adanse became an early centre of gold production, regional trade, and clan-based governance, and is remembered as senior among principal Akan states. It influenced the formation of later polities including Denkyira, Akyem, Assin, and the Asante Empire.
Mole-Dagbon
ethnic group in West Africa
Sefwi
ethnic group of Ghana
Wassa
ethnic group; Akan people who live predominantly in Ghana
Ghanaian Arabs
Ghanaian citizens of Arab origin