KNOW GHANA BETTER WITH HUNIAH

The Nkonya are Ga-Akan Related Guans who speak a language closely related to Efutu and Akuapem however, it has lots of Ewe and GTM loan words. They are originally Akuapems who spoke the Gua language of Anum-Boso but then they broke off in the course of time. For the fact that they are Guans; they have close relations with the people of Gonja and Likpe as well. They are found in the Oti Region of Ghana. They migrated from the Ga land to Amanfrom then to Nsawam where they continued to Larteh before getting to an area around the Volta Lake after Kpong where they were attacked by the Akwamu which forced them to migrate to their current location when the people of Anum-Boso remained at present day Anum-Boso. It is because of their migration that the name Senkyi came into existence. They migrated with their brothers as the Shuoyi people. It is said that they came from a place in somewhere Egypt and they proceeded to Kenya. They further continued to Mali with the Akans and then to Burkina Fas...

There is a town after Abiriw-Akuapem and Dawu-Akuapem where a boy was born in about the year 1800AD. He was the only son of his parents. His mother was called Kobe (pronounced Kobɛ) and his father was also called Anor. This boy was born holding in his hand a chunk of white fur/wool from a ram in his right hand. The midwife who helped deliver the child was surprised to see that the new born child had “chunk of wool in his hand” so she called out to the father of the new born child in the Akuapem language calling him to come and see, “Anɔ bɛ kyi, bɛ kyi” meaning “Ano, come and see”. Upon Ano’s arrival, she exclaimed “Anɔ kyi” which means “Ano see.” The Ewes also hold the view that Anokye’s father was Ewe which is why his father was called Anor but then there is not much basis for this claim. Ancient Ewes were not excellent Twi speakers and Anokye was an excellent Twi speaker as evident in all Guan speaking communities. History has it that one day, baby Anokye was nowhere to be found ...

The Akuapems were part of the Shuoyi clan of the ancient Guans. The members of the Shuoyi clan included present day Efutus, Awutu, Nkonya, Gonja, Nawuri, Krachi, Ntsumburun, Atsode, Anyanga, Dwan and Anum-Boso. Guans migrated from somewhere Egypt to Mali and subsequently to the Burkina Faso before 1200AD. They migrated in clans with each clan having its head. They migrated into Ghana with some of the Akans and made their settlement around present day Bono-Manso. Their contact with the Bonos at Bono-Manso affected the Bono Twi in terms of accent and vocabulary. The war raised by the Asantes forced them to migrate southwards. The three Guan clans were scattered across with one clan making it to present day Ga land. Another clan also went to the Ivory Coast and later, they continued to Ghana. The last clan would get to the Denkyira-Anyin areas and subsequently, they continued to the Oti Region. The Gonjas who got to Ghana first were also members of the Shuoyi clan just like the Foodo, ...