West African people

ethnic group of Nigeria, Benin and Togo

ethnic group in the Sahel and West Africa

ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria

ethnic group in West Africa

West African ethnic group

ethnic group in Burkina Faso and Togo

ethnic group in Mali, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Senegal

ethnic group in Ghana

ethnic group in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal.

ethnic group in Ghana and Togo

West African ethnic group

ethnic group in Mali and Niger

ethnic group in West Africa

ethnic group in coastal Ghana

ethnic group in the Sierra Leone

primordial Akan state by the Bono people

thumb|S'Nabou in Le Monde illustré, 2 July 1892 '''Alima S'Nabou''' (born c. 1880) was an African interpreter (from modern day Nigeria) who accompanied a French explorer named Lieutenant Mizon.

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.