Anyi people

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Anyi

Drawing of an Agni man, 1892.
Total population
~2.5 million
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Anyi, French
Religion
Akan religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Other Akans, especially Baoulé, Chakosi, and Sefwi

The Agnis people (or Anyi) are an Akan people living in West Africa. There are approximately 1,200,000 of them, mainly in the Ivory Coast. They also live in Ghana. They were the first people, in this region, to have come into contact with the European colonizers during the 18th century.