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... Ghana , speaking a dialect of the Kwa branch of Niger - Congo languages . The Ga are descended from immigrants who came down the Niger River and across the Volta during the 17th century . The Ga - speak- ing peoples were organized into ...
... Ghana , speaking a dialect of the Kwa branch of Niger - Congo languages . The Ga are descended from immigrants who came down the Niger River and across the Volta during the 17th century . The Ga - speak- ing peoples were organized into ...
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... Ghana , first of the great medieval trading em- pires of western Africa ( fl . 7th - 13th century ) . It was situated between the Sahara ( Desert ) and the headwaters of the Sénégal and Niger rivers , in an area that now comprises south ...
... Ghana , first of the great medieval trading em- pires of western Africa ( fl . 7th - 13th century ) . It was situated between the Sahara ( Desert ) and the headwaters of the Sénégal and Niger rivers , in an area that now comprises south ...
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... Ghana has a large variety of African tribal , or subethnic , units . On the basis of language it is possible to distinguish at least 75 different tribes ; the most numerous are the Akan , Mole - Dagbani , Ewe , Ga - Adangme ( Ga ...
... Ghana has a large variety of African tribal , or subethnic , units . On the basis of language it is possible to distinguish at least 75 different tribes ; the most numerous are the Akan , Mole - Dagbani , Ewe , Ga - Adangme ( Ga ...
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