Regions with significant populations | |
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Ghana, Jamaica | |
Languages | |
Current Jamaican English, French, Jamaican Patois, Maroon Spirit language Historical Akan, Twi | |
Religion | |
(originally) Kumfu, Obeah; (presently) Christianity and Revivalism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Akan, Fanti, Ashanti, Afro-Jamaicans |
Coromantee, Coromantins, Coromanti or Kormantine (derived from the name of the Ghanaian slave fort Fort Kormantine in the Ghanaian town of Kormantse, Central Ghana) is an English-language term for enslaved people from the Akan ethnic group, taken from the Gold Coast region in modern-day Ghana.