The Nzema are an ethnic group numbering about 328,700, of whom 262,000 live in southwestern Ghana and 66,700 live in the southeast of Côte d'Ivoire. In Ghana the Nzema area is divided into three electoral districts: Nzema East Municipal, also known as Evalue Gwira; Ellembele; and Nzema West, also known as Jomoro. Their language is also known as Nzima or Appolo.
The Nzema are mostly farmers. According to their traditional calendar, days are ordered in cycles of seven, and these follow each other in a three-week cycle. They have a matrilineal kinship system, with descent and property passed through the maternal lines.
A religious Kundum Festival is held annually all over the Ahanta and Nzema areas. Its start is timed to coordinate with the harvest period, so local communities determine when that will be. It begins in the easternmost part of Ahanta and advances southwestward together with the harvest period. Ritual drumming, singing and dancing take place for four weeks, and are considered the way the community expels devils and protects its good fortune. This festival is the main occasion on which the satirical avudewene songs are performed by young men.
In Ghana the Nzema area is divided into three electoral districts: Nzema East Municipal, also known as Evalue Gwira; Ellembele; and Nzema West, also known...
Nzema, also known as Nzima or Appolo, is a Central Tano language spoken by the Nzemapeople of southwestern Ghana and southeastern Ivory Coast. It is...
Look up Nzema in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nzema may refer to: NzemapeopleNzema language Nzima may refer to: Sam Nzima (1934–2018), South African...
now serves as Ghana's capital. Nzema is one of the Bia languages, closely related to Akan. It is spoken by the Nzemapeople in the Western Region of Ghana...
The Kundum festival is celebrated by the Ahanta and Nzemapeople of the Western region of Ghana. It is celebrated to thank God for the abundance of food...
Jewish descent, and Eric Kodjoe, a Ghanaian physician who is of the Nzemapeople. His namesake is the Russian poet and writer Boris Pasternak. Kodjoe's...
the Akan people include: the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi, Ashanti, Baoulé, Bono, Chakosi, Fante, Kwahu, Sefwi, Wassa, Ahanta, and Nzema, among others...
polyphony especially among the Baoulé, talking drums especially among the Nzemapeople and by the characteristic polyrhythms found in rhythm in Sub-Saharan...
Plakali is a staple food mainly prepared by the Ahanta and Nzemapeoples of the Western region of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire . It consists of cassava dough...
cultural concept embracing the music, dance, and spiritual life of the Nzemapeople in the town of Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa. The best-known...
Axim is a coastal town and the capital of Nzema East Municipal district, a district in Western Region of South Ghana. Axim lies 64 kilometers west of...
is signed between the Dutch West India Company and the chiefs of the Nzemapeople in what is now the African nation of Ghana. February 18 – A group of...
slaves served as concubines and were killed when their master died. The Nzemapeople had a tradition of adult men marrying each other, usually with a 10-year...
"Asantefo" or Ashantis, the Akuapem, the Akyem, the Bono, The Kwahu, the Baoule, Nzema, Ahanta and others. Despite the rapid growth of the Ashanti Empire and constant...
Western Region of what would become Ghana, Tani was a member of the Nzemapeople. She gained a reputation as a healer and herbalist early in life. In...
is signed between the Dutch West India Company and the chiefs of the Nzemapeople in what is now the African nation of Ghana. February 18 – A group of...
Western Ghana) North Bia Anyin Baoulé Chakosi (Anufo) Sefwi (Sehwi) South Bia Nzema Ahanta Jwira-Pepesa All have written forms in the Latin script. Ameka, Felix...
The Ahanta/Ayinda are Akan People who live to the north and east of the Nzema. The Ahanta land has been historically known as one of the richest areas...
in Greater Accra and Nzema, Sefwi, Ahanta, etc. in the Western and Western Noth region may also trace their roots to Guan people. The indigenes of most...
child born to her parents. Her father was a Methodist minister from the Nzemapeople of Esiama in the Western Region of Ghana. Her mother was from Achinakrom...
language of ethnic groups in Ghana: including Akan, Mole-Dagombas, Ga, Ewe and Nzema. Frequently, children are given a "day name" which corresponds to the day...
the government: Akuapem Twi, Asante Twi, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Dangme, Dagbani, Nzema,ahanta language(ahantas) Dagaare, Gonja and Kasena. During the colonial...
Akyem, the Ashanti, the Baoulé, the Brong/Abron, the Fante and the Nzemapeoples covering the Brong Ahafo, Ashanti, Western, Central, and Eastern Regions...
Region of Ghana to Emmanuel Ackah and Cecilia Dye. He was a member of the Nzemapeople. He had his early education at Axim Roman Catholic primary and completed...
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