Adele people
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Total population | |
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37,400[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Ghana, Togo[1] | |
Languages | |
Adele | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Atwodes, Basaris, Bimobas, Buems, Chokosis, Ewes, Guans, Konkombas, Kotokolis and the Likpes |
The Adele people are an ethnic group and tribe of the Ghanian-Togo border area indigenous to the Jasikan, Nkwanta South and Nkwanta North Districts of the Volta Region centered around the towns of Dadiasi and Dutukpene in Ghana and the Sotouboua Prefecture of the Centrale Region centered around the towns of Assouma Kedeme and Tiefouma in Togo.[2] The Adele people are agricultural, primarily farming yams, cassava, plantain, beans, and rice.[3]
Demographics
A 1960 census estimated that there were 2,400 Adele people in Ghana.[4] Today, the tribe has population size of approximately 37,400.[1][5]
Other cultural groups in the Ghana-Togo border region include the Atwode, Basari, Bimoba, Buems, Chokosi, Ewe, Guang, Konkomba, Kotokoli, and Likpe peoples.[6]
Language
The Adele language, one of the Ghana–Togo Mountain languages, is spoken by Adele, Kunda, Animere, and Northern Ghanaian peoples.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Adele". ethnologue.com. SIL International. 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Adele Homeland" (PDF). joshuaproject.net. The Joshua Project. 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 8. ISBN 0313279187. OCLC 32968738.
- ^ Lentz, Carola; Nugent, Paul (2016). Ethnicity in Ghana: The Limits of Invention. New York City: Springer. p. 163. ISBN 1349623377 – via Google Books.
- ^ Poidi-Gblem, Honorine Massanvi; Kantchoa, Laré Pierre (2012). "Les langues du Togo: État de la recherche et perspectives". Editions L'Harmattan (in French).
- ^ Bashiru Zakari, Alhaji (6 December 2016). "Kotokolis Also Voted to Become Ghanaians as Others". modernghana.com. Modern Ghana. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ Kropp, Mary E. (2015). The Languages of Ghana. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. pp. 120–125. ISBN 9781317406044.
Category:Ethnic groups in Ghana Category:Ethnic groups in Togo Category:Ethnic groups in Africa
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