Anomabu, also spelled Anomabo and formerly as Annamaboe,[2] is a town on the coast of the Mfantsiman Municipal District of the Central Region of South Ghana. Anomabu has a settlement population of 14,389 people.[1]
Anomabu is located 12 km east of Cape Coast in the central region of south Ghana.[3] It is situated on the main road to Accra.[3] The total area of Anomabu is 612 square kilometers, with boundaries of 21 kilometres along the coast, and 13 kilometres inland.[3] The main language spoken in Anomabu is Fante.[3]
According to oral tradition, the origin of the name “Anomabu” was first established when a hunter from the Nsona[4] clan first discovered the area and decided to settle there with his family, eventually starting his own village as time passed.[4] The hunter allegedly saw some birds atop a rock, and proclaimed the area “Obo noma,” which became the town's original name.[3][4] Obanoma literally translates to “bird’s rock,” a name that slowly evolved into Anomabu over the years.[3]
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^ abcGetz, Trevor R. (2003). "Mechanisms of Slave Acquisition and Exchange in Late Eighteenth Century Anomabu: Reconsidering a Cross-Section of the Atlantic Slave Trade". African Economic History (31): 75–89. doi:10.2307/3601947. JSTOR 3601947.
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