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Fante state is led by a
Paramount Chief. However, in times of war, they always mobilized a Union army often commanded by the Paramount Chief of Abura. Facing such stern resistance, the Portuguese, Germans, Swedish and Danes after many decades vacated all trading forts in Mfantseman. The Dutch decided to stay, leading to many wars between Fante and the Dutch, who failed to colonize them. In 1844, having been weakened by constant battles with the Ashanti and their allies the Dutch, the Fante Confederacy signed the bond of 1844 with the British. The British left Cape Coast and moved the capital of Gold Coast to Accra as a response to the resistance movement. The modern Fante Confederacy was established in response to the threat of Europeans attempting to colonize vast areas within modern-day Ghana. So in 1844, a bond was signed between the Fante Confederacy, on behalf of the
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traditionally eat yam and coco yams (ampesie) and fufu. The Oguaa Fetu Afahye (an annual traditional festival celebrated in Cape Coast) is actually a yam harvest festival that was previously celebrated in the Bono
Kingdom and was brought to the coast during the exodus. Fetu Afahye Festival is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Fante ethnic group. It is celebrated as a remembrance of a historic disease outbreak, to keep the towns clean and to prevent another epidemic befalling the Fante people.
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English and have endured as family names. Since the Fantes by virtue of living on the coast were the first to be in contact with the Europeans and traded, intermarried and lived with them for over 400 years, it is inevitable that among the Fante names show a greater degree of western influence compared to tribes in the hinterland. Examples of such anglicised transformational name are:
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Fante people are very well-known for their cuisine. Food plays an integral part of Fante culture and take pride of place. Their traditional food includes Kenkey, Banku (Etsew) that is eaten with fish including
Tilapia and other seafood, fresh pepper and vegetables. Many Fante's from the interior also
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was formed, with the aim of establishing themselves as a nation to be taken seriously by their
European counterparts and the withdrawal of Europeans from Fante lands. The Fantes for centuries already had a very complex system of federal government in which various states co-exist in an alliance. Each
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across the
Atlantic in 1492, and whose father was a Fante seaman from Elmina. He explored the coasts of Africa in his early years. He piloted one of Columbus' ships in the expedition of 1492, and accompanied him during his third voyage that saw the discovery of Trinidad and the mouths of the Orinoco
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was installed here, and later kingmakers would visit the site for consultation. According to the Fante, the spear cannot be removed by mortal hands. The land the Fante reached was initially called
Adoakyir by its existing inhabitants, which the Fante called "Etsi-fue-yifo" meaning people with bushy
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According to their oral traditions, the Borbor Fante, an intrusive group, migrated from
Tekyiman in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana and settled in Fanteland. They initially established themselves in Kwaman before moving to Mankessim. After residing in Mankessim for a period of time, they went on to
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The Fante settled the land as their first independent kingdom, and buried
Obrumakankoma and Odapagya in a sacred grove called Nana-nom-pow. Komfo Amona also planted the limb of a tree he had brought from the Akan homeland in Krako to see if a place was good for settlement. The day after the priest
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in 1252. Legend has it that the Fante's chief priest, Komfo Amona, planted a spear in the ground when they reached the location of the settlement. The spear is called the Akyin-Enyim, meaning "in front of god". The place became the meeting place for the Fante elders and the head fetish priest when
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and constant war with the
Ashanti and allied Dutch in the mid-1800s, the Fante have always retained their state to this day and fought numerous wars to protect their northern flank from Ashanti incursions and several other wars with the Dutch, and English. Currently, they number about 4.5 million,
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While Mfantsefo are known widely to be a peaceful people, in times of war they rally for the common defence. Due to wars with the Dutch and allied Ashanti, the combined strength of the Fante Union Army numbered more than thirty thousand men in 1844. It was under the command of Amfo Otu, Paramount
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The Fante people are of heterogeneous ancestry. That is, Guan and Akan. Therefore,with the modern Fante Confederacy, it will be totally wrong to identity Fante as an Akan group or a Guan group only. However, the Fante are one of the largest groups in Ghana. The Fante have a great deal of history.
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When the Portuguese arrived in the 15th century, the Fante prevented them from venturing inland and leased properties for Portuguese trading missions. But when the Portuguese objected to Fante rules and regulations, the Fante expelled them after a series of skirmishes and battles. Thereafter the
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Otherwise, Fante (Akan) typological family names indicate various contexts. They may be circumstantial, manner of birth, theophorous, weird names, insinuating and proverbial names, gang and nicknames, status, occupational, professional, religious, matrimonial, and western names. There can be a
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followed, due to the Ashanti quest for direct trade routes to the coast. On one occasion, the Fante were aided by the British, who nevertheless managed to seriously weaken the strong Fante confederation established between 1868 and 1872, believing it a threat to their hegemony on the coast. The
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to one patrilineal father may therefore share similar family names. Typical family names include Yankah, Osam, Aidoo, etc. There have also been innovations as a result of westernization, education and foreign religion, with multiple names developed out of this phenomenon. Some Fante names were
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Dutch arrived, followed by the British. The Fante served as middlemen in the commerce between the interior and British and Dutch traders on the coast. The Fante became a very wealthy and prosperous state upon their dealings with the various European powers.
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establish the states of Abora, Ekumfi, Enyanmaim, Mankessim, and Nkusukum in the surrounding areas. The burial ground near Mankessim, where the remains of the three leaders of the migrants (Oburumankoma, Odapagyan, and Oson) were interred, became known as
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The Etsii Fante states, which include Eguafo, Fetu, Asebu, are positioned from west to east. The others are Oguaa, Elmina, Moree, Otsir, etc. The majority of the people in these states do not have migration stories. According to their
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planted the limb, the people found a tree starting to grow. The tree was named Ebisa-dua, or the consulting tree, and its location is today one of the most important shrines in Mankessim.
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which is about 13% of modern Ghana's total population. Inheritance and succession to public office among both the Etsii and Borbor Fantes are traditionally determined by
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hair. The Fante conquered these people and renamed the settlement Oman-kesemu, meaning large town. The name has evolved into the current name, Mankessim.
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in Fanteland and is the oldest state, was founded by people who descended from the heavens in a large brass pan called
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Joseph Ellis and Joseph Biney, who both discovered the gold deposits in 1897 situated at Obuasi in the Ashanti region
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around 1250 AD. This act became the origin of their name, "Fa-atsew" meaning "half that left". The Fante left their
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people. The Fante people are mainly located in the Central and Western regions of
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Chief of Abura, that they laid siege to their own town of
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430:(first Ghanaian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church)
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Ministry of Tourism, Arts & Culture (MoTAC) Ghana
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The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary
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495:Sir Knight Joseph Panford, the Fante Chief in
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477:(abolitionist and natural rights philosopher)
1162:"The Sociolinguistic of Akan Personal Names"
1136:"'Day born names' in Dagbani, Ewe and Fante"
1112:"The Sociolinguistic of Akan Personal Names"
1004:. Rochester: University of Rochester Press.
899:other Akan groups in present day Brong Ahafo
1208:. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 175.
1202:Olson, James Stuart; Meur, Charles (1996).
1002:The Fante and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
389:(former speaker of the parliament of Ghana)
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1952:Rulers of the Akan state of Akyem Kotoku
1947:Rulers of the Akan state of Akyem Bosume
1930:Rulers of the Akan state of Akuapem Guan
1187:A Thousand Years of West African History
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913:of Ghana, and became their own distinct
1982:Rulers of the Akan state of Manya Krobo
1265:. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
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492:(journalist, lawyer and politician)
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991:, foam and many others.
652:Abena, Araba, Ewurabena
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1942:Rulers of Akyem Abuakwa
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1000:Rebecca Shumway. 2011.
666:Ekua, Kuukua, Ewurakua
549:(lit tree/board) – Wood
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2599:Ethnic groups in Ghana
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1160:Agyekum, Kofi (2006).
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1189:, 1968, pp. 180-1820.
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27:Ethnic group in Ghana
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446:George Ekem Ferguson
440:James Kwegyir Aggrey
404:Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
341:UN Secretary General
328:Notable Fante people
16:For the writer, see
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2368:Western Ashantiland
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2353:Central Ashantiland
2266:Geographic entities
2029:New Patriotic Party
1491:Antigua and Barbuda
1375:List of Akan people
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1972:Rulers of Denkyira
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599:-ney, as in Biney.
434:John Mensah Sarbah
422:Gertrude Torkornoo
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