The Guan -speaking Gikyode . Akyode people live in the northern Volta basin in the Oti Region of Ghana , Africa . They are considered as the indigenous people of the Nkwanta South District. These people migrated into the Volta valley from the Mossi region of Burkina Faso around 1000 AD. The Akyode language is called Gikyode .
6-408: The Akyodes are made up of communities, Shiare , Abrewanko , Odomi , Nyambong , Kyilinga , Lebon , Siban , Pawa , Sabon (Kabre Akura) , Bonakye , Krachi Akura , Kpabo Akura , Gekorong , Okata (Katai Junction) , Kanba (Abrewanko Junction) , Nyakoma , Agou , New Agou , Asuogya , Keri , Kabiti , Akonsigewi (Dogokitiwa) , Kromase , and Anebogewi (Nyambong Junction) . The paramount seat
12-691: Is a village mountain settlement in the Breast Mountains in the Oti region of Ghana . The Oti Region is in the northern part of the Volta Region. Shiare is a part of Nkwanta South Municipal District . It is noted that the village settlement is nine centuries old. It is north of the Oti Region in Ghana. The village is known as 'The Hanging Village'. Oral history says that the people of Shiare migrated from Ejisu in
18-517: Is in Shiare . Kingship is called gewura , and is the form of leadership in these communities. Each community has a chief, or wura , who rules the town. The chief of Kromase is called kromase wura . But the chief of Shiare can be called shiare wura or osulewura , which means king of the kingdom. Initially, they were the only occupants of then Nkwanta District, made up of current Nkwanta South Municipality and Nkwanta North District, until
24-573: Is over nine centuries old. The paramount seat Their homes are made of rocks and clay built on terraces around the Kwahu mountains. The villagers ethnic group is Kyode people . Their language is Guang people or Guans. The Chief of the Shiare is called Shiare Wura or Osulewura. It means king of Kyode kingdom. The paramount seat of the Kyode is in Shiare. Their religion is traditionalists. The Holy Family Catholic Church
30-458: The Ashanti region. The Shiare village is on and around the Breast Mountains in Ghana. They practice their traditional religion. The village is believed to be 900 years old. Shiare is about a 30-minute drive from Nkwanta , Ghana. The villagers of Shiare are subsistence farmers. They grow cassava, yams, and some vegetables. The Shiare people are Guans people. Their language is akyode. The village
36-625: The coming of other tribes. Other tribes heard of Brukum (Bruku) and the Black stool and hence came to sort refuge. Some of these tribes include the Challas and the Adele. The Adeles people approached the Akyodes under the leadership of one Atta from Dekpongo through Gadon of Odome, an Akyode community. This Ghana -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Shiare Shiare
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