Fante people

Fante people

ethnic group

Part of	Akan people
Country	Ghana, Ivory Coast
Ghana Place Names URL	https://sites.google.com/site/ghanaplacenames/peoples-states/akan#h.n186rrvglasx

De Mfantsefo anaa Fante ("Fanti" be old spelling) be Akan people. De Fante people be mainly dey cam from de Central den Western coastal regions of Ghana. Ova de last half century, secof fishing expeditions, Fante communities dey as far as The Gambia, Liberia den even Angola. Major Fante cities for modern Ghana dey include Kasoa, Winneba, Agona Swedru, Tarkwa, Oguaa (Cape Coast), Edina (Elmina), Mankessim, Sekondi den Takoradi.

Lyk all Akans, dem originate from Bono state. Originally, dem refer "Fante" go "de half wey lef" den break away from oda Akans den initially settle for Mankessim.^[1] Sam of de states wey dey make up de Fante be Agona, Ahanta, Kurantsi, Abura,^[2] Anyan, Ekumfi, Nkusukum, Ajumako den Gomoa. De Fante, lyk oda Akans wey relate, dey trace dema roots go de ancient Sahara for de Old Ghana Empire. De Fante then migrate south go modern-day Techiman for de Brong Ahafo region. From hie nu wey, legend dey talk say, dema three great leaders – Oson, Odapagyan den Obrumankoma – lead dem south wey dem separate from oda Akans, go Mankessim.

1. ↑ Adu Boahen, Fante origins: The Mankessim period in A Thousand Years of West African History, 1968, pp. 180-1820.
2. ↑ Stokes, Jamie (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-2676-0.