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Adele people

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Adele people
ethnic group, isolated human group
CountryGhana, Togo Edit

De Adele people be ethnic group den tribe for de Ghanaian-Togo border area wey be indigenous to de Jasikan, Nkwanta South den Nkwanta North Districts for de Volta Region wey dey center around de towns of Dadiasi den Dutukpene for Ghana insyd den de Sotouboua Prefecture for de Centrale Region wey dey center around de towns of Assouma Kedeme den Tiefouma for Togo insyd.[1] De Adele people be agriculturalists, primarily dem dey farm yams, cassava, plantain, beans, den rice.[2]

Demographics

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1960 census estimate say 2,400 Adele people wey dey for Ghana insyd.[3] Now nu, de tribe get 37,400 population size approximately.[4][5]

Oda cultural groups for Ghana-Togo border region insyd dey include de Atwode, Basari, Bimoba, Buems, Chokosi, Ewe, Guang, Konkomba, Kotokoli, den Likpe peoples.[6]

Language

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De Adele language be one of de Ghana–Togo Mountain dema languages wey de Adele, Kunda, Animere, den Northern Ghanaian peoples dey speak.[7]

Adele Women

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De Adele Women be agricultural group wey dey de Upper Volta region for Ghana. Dem dey practice subsistence farming wey Permaculture Network train dem for Permaculture insyd for Ghana insyd.[8][9]

References

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  1. "Adele Homeland" (PDF). joshuaproject.net. The Joshua Project. 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 8. ISBN 0313279187. OCLC 32968738.
  3. Lentz, Carola; Nugent, Paul (2016). Ethnicity in Ghana: The Limits of Invention. New York City: Springer. p. 163. ISBN 978-1349623372 – via Google Books.
  4. "Adele". ethnologue.com. SIL International. 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  5. Poidi-Gblem, Honorine Massanvi; Kantchoa, Lare Pierre (2012) "Les langues du Togo: Etat de la recherche et perspectives". Editions l'Harmattan (for French insyd).
  6. Bashiru Zakari, Alhaji (6 December 2016). "Kotokolis Also Voted to Become Ghanaians as Others". modernghana.com. Modern Ghana. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  7. Kropp, Mary E. (2015). The Languages of Ghana. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. pp. 120–125. ISBN 9781317406044.
  8. "Adele Women Association - Nkwanta 'Upper Volta' Ghana".
  9. "Adele Women Association (Ghana) and the Permaculture Intensive". 2012-09-26.