Mutanen Aja

Mutanen Aja
Yankuna masu yawan jama'a
Benin, Togo da Najeriya
Kabilu masu alaƙa
Ewe (en) Fassara

Aja kuma sun rubuta Adja ƙabila ce daga kudu maso yammacin Benin da kuma kudu maso gabashin Togo.[1] Bisa ga al'adar baka, Aja sun yi hijira zuwa kudancin Benin a karni na 12 ko na 13 daga Tado a kan kogin Mono, kuma c. 1600, 'yan'uwa uku, Kokpon, Do-Aklin, da Te-Agbanlin, sun raba mulkin yankin sa'an nan Aja suka mamaye a tsakaninsu: Kokpon ya dauki babban birnin Great Ardra, yana sarauta a kan masarautar Allada; Do-Aklin ya kafa Abomey, wanda zai zama babban birnin Masarautar Dahomey; da Te-Agbanlin ya kafa Little Ardra, wanda aka fi sani da Ajatche, daga baya ana kiransa Porto Novo (a zahiri, "New Port") ta 'yan kasuwan Portugal da babban birnin Benin na yanzu.

  1. Asiwaju, A. I. (1979). "The Aja-Speaking Peoples of Nigeria: A Note on Their Origins, Settlement and Cultural Adaptation up to 1945". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 49 (1): 15–28. doi:10.2307/1159502. ISSN 0001-9720. JSTOR 1159502.

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