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Bono State Bonoman | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15th century–1723 | |||||||
| Status | Former kingdom | ||||||
| Capital | Bono Manso | ||||||
| Common languages | Bono Twi | ||||||
| Religion | |||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
| Bonohene | |||||||
| History | |||||||
• Settlement of Bono Manso | c. 1000 CE | ||||||
• Establishment of Bono State | 15th century | ||||||
• Territorial expansion under Ameyaw and Obunumankoma | Late 15th century | ||||||
• Decline due to trade bypass and internal unrest | 17th century | ||||||
• Conquest by the Asante Empire | 1723 | ||||||
| Currency | |||||||
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| Today part of |  Ghana,  Ivory Coast | ||||||
Bono State (also known as Bonoman) was the first centralized Akan state, founded by the Bono people in what is now central Ghana.[2][3] Bonoman is generally considered a cultural, political ancestor and origin to Akan subgroups that migrated southward and eastward during and after its decline in the 18th centuries.[4][2][5] The capital centered at Bono Manso, the state flourished in the forest–savanna transition zone and encompassed areas within present-day Bono Region, Bono East Region, and Ahafo Region, as well as parts of eastern Ivory Coast.[6][7]
The state's wealth grew substantially through the control of gold production and trade, with material culture such as goldweights, brassworking, and textiles attesting to its urban complexity.[8] The Akan gold trade to the savannah and far beyond had been essential since the opening of Akan goldfields to Juula merchants under Mali and Songhai empire dating back to at least 15th century. Begho sent gold mined in the Akan goldfields to the north both Kong and Bobo-Dioulasso, from whence the gold was carried to Djenne-Timbuktu corridor and across Sahara.[5]
- ^ Ameyaw 1979, p. 53.
- ^ a b Buah, F. K. (1974). West Africa Since A.D. 1000: History Notes. Indiana University: Macmillan. p. 195.
- ^ Transactions of the Gold Coast & Togoland Historical Society. The Society. 1974. p. 218.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
EspeciallyGhanawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Gomez, Michael A. (2000-11-09). Exchanging Our Country Marks: The Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-6171-4.
- ^ Effah-Gyamfi 1974.
- ^ Konadu 2010, p. 34-6.
- ^ Konadu 2022, p. 76-81.
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