6-684: The Chumburu are part of the Guan ethnic group in Ghana and are located in three regions:Northern, Volta and Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana . They are indigenous in three Regions of Ghana: Both traditional areas of Chumburung in Brong-Ahafo and Volta regions are on the shores of Lake Volta . The Chumburu speak the Chumburung and French languages. Guang people The Guan or Guang people are an ethnic group found almost in all parts of Ghana , including
12-701: The Akyode people who speak Gikyode , Krachi people Nkonya tribe, the Gonja , Anum , Larteh , Akposo , Etsii in the Central Region, Nawuri , Nyagbo and Ntsumburu . The Guan are believed to have been the first settlers in modern day southern Ghana, migrating from the Mossi-Dagbon region of modern Ghana and Burkina around 1000 A.D. The Gonja of the Guan are however late settlers in northern Ghana, invading eastern Dagbon in
18-644: The 1600s, capturing Daboya and many towns. They primarily speak the Guan languages of the Niger-Congo language family. They make up 3.7% of the population of Ghana. However, some of the Guan languages have been influenced by major languages especially the Anii-Basila in Ghana, depending also on the location of a particular Guan tribe.Guans can be found in the Eastern region which includes Anum , MakÉ” who once spoke Anii, Boso, Larteh , Okere, and Kyerepong. Guan in
24-672: The North and parts of the Oti Region, mostly at the eastern end of the Salaga district, on the west bank of the Volta Lake/Oti River, some 70 kilometers north of Kete Krachi. As Guan were the first settlers in Ghana, some were assimilated into the cultures of the major ethnic groups in the various regions of today. Thus, some indigenes of Kpeshie in Greater Accra and Nzema, Sefwi, Ahanta, etc. in
30-557: The Oti Region includes Akyode , Krachi, Buem, Nkonya, Likpe, Santrokofi, Akpafu,etc. Guan in the Volta Region includes Avatime, Logba, Nyagbo, Tafi etc. In the central region are the Efutu , Awutu-Senya,Bawjiase as well as the Etsii groups who now form an arm of the modern Fante Confederacy. The Gonja people are in the north and part of Brong Ahafo, Bono and Ahafo. The Nawuri people live in parts of
36-772: The Western and Western Noth region may also trace their roots to Guan people. The indigenes of most of the Fantes in the central region including Asebu, Edina (Elmina), Ogua (Cape Coast), Aguafo, Assi, etc. as well as Agona can also trace their origins from Guan.These Guan groups are mostly referred to as "Etsii". At present it is accepted that the Guan people can be found in twelve (12) regions in Ghana: Oti, Northern, North East, Savannah, Bono, Ahafo, Central, Western North, Western, Eastern, Volta, and Brong Ahafo Regions. They are very tolerant and live as commoners in their various environments. They speak
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