Bono State Bonoman | |||||||||||||
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| 11th century–20th century | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Bono Manso | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Bono Twi | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Bono Ancestral worship and spirituality | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 11th century | ||||||||||||
• Renamed Brong-Ahafo | 1957 | ||||||||||||
| 20th century | |||||||||||||
| Currency | Gold dust, cowries and (Salt, copper) | ||||||||||||
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Bono State (or Bonoman) was a trading state created by the Bono people, located in what is now southern Ghana. Bonoman was a medieval Akan state that stretched across the modern Ghanaian regions of Bono, Bono East and Ahafo (respectively named after the Bono and Ahafo peoples) and the Eastern Ivory Coast.[1] It is generally accepted as the origin of the subgroups of the Akan people who migrated out of the state at various times to create new Akan states in search of gold. The gold trade, which started to boom in Bonoman as early as the 14th century, led to the Akan War, as well as increased power and wealth in the region, beginning in the Middle Ages.[2]
- ^ Anquandah, James (2002). "Ghana: early towns & the development of urban culture: an archaeological view". In Adande, Alexis B. A.; Arinze, Emmanuel (eds.). Museums & urban culture in West Africa. Oxford: James Currey. pp. 9–16. ISBN 0-85255-276-9.
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