Anomabu | |
|---|---|
 Fort William in the 1870s | |
  Anomabu Location of Anomabu in Central Region in Ghana | |
| Coordinates: 5°10′N 1°7′W / 5.167°N 1.117°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region |  Central Region |
| District | Mfantsiman Municipal |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 14,389[1] |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Anomabu, also spelled Anomabo and formerly as Annamaboe,[2] is a town on the coast of the Mfantsiman Municipal District of the Central Region of South Ghana. Anomabu has a settlement population of 14,389 people.[1][3]
Anomabu is located 12 km east of Cape Coast in the central region of south Ghana.[4] It is situated on the main road to Accra.[4] The total area of Anomabu is 612 square kilometers, with boundaries of 21 kilometres along the coast, and 13 kilometres inland.[4] The main language spoken in Anomabu is Fante.[4]
According to oral tradition, the origin of the name “Anomabu” was first established when a hunter from the Nsona[5] clan first discovered the area and decided to settle there with his family, eventually starting his own village as time passed.[5] The hunter allegedly saw some birds atop a rock, and proclaimed the area “Obo noma,” which became the town's original name.[4][5] Obanoma literally translates to “bird’s rock,” a name that slowly evolved into Anomabu over the years.[4]
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- ^ Flags, Asafo (2023-06-12). "History of Anomabo in Ghana". asafoflags. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
- ^ a b c d e f Addo, Patience Afua (2016-11-30). "The sea is no longer sweet. Gender and kinship relations in Anomabu in times of dwindling fish stocks".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b c Getz, Trevor R. (2003). "Mechanisms of Slave Acquisition and Exchange in Late Eighteenth Century Anomabu: Reconsidering a Cross-Section of the Atlantic Slave Trade". African Economic History (31): 75–89. doi:10.2307/3601947. JSTOR 3601947.