Wassa

Ennimir, a King of the Wassa (by Gramberg, Litho. 1861)

The Wassa are an Akan people who live predominantly in Ivory Coast.^[1]

The Wassa also live in Akanland, Ghana. One of the best-known Wassa towns is Tarkwa, one of the highest producers of gold in Akanland, and where John Atta Mills was born.

References

↑ Olson, James Stuart (1996). The peoples of Africa: an ethnohistorical dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8. Retrieved 18 April 2010.

Ethnic groups in the Ivory Coast

Abbé Abron Anyi Aowin Attie Avikam Baoulé Bété Djimini Dyula Ebrié Evalue Fula Gio Hausa Krahn Lobi M'Bato Mandinka Mossi Senufo Wassa Yoruba

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