Abron tribe

This article is about the West African people. For the historical Greek figures named Abron, see Abron (ancient Greece).

Abron musician

The Abron or Bono are an Akan people of West Africa.^[1] They speak the Abron language.

In the late sixteenth century, the Abron founded the Gyaaman kingdom as extension of Bono state in what is now Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.

References

Muhammad, Akbar. The International Journal of African Historical Studies 10.2 (1977): 242-258.

Akan states of the Ashantiland Peninsula and the Gold Coast Region

Efutu Akyem Bosome Abuakwa Kotoku Adanse Akuapem Akwamu Twifo-Heman Asen Mankessim Fante Dwabena Gyaaman Abron Bono Denkyira Asanteman Ashanti Twi

Ethnic groups in Ghana

Indigenous	Abidji Abron Agave Ahafo Ahanta Akyem Anlo Ewe Anyi Assin Avatime Bimoba Bissa Chumburu Dagaaba Dagomba Dyula Efutu Evalue Ewe Fante Frafra Ga-Adangbe Gonja Guang Gurunsi Jakhanke Karamogo Kassena Konkomba Krobo Kusasi Kyode Logba Mamprusi Nafana Nzema Tallensi Tem Tshi Wala Yeji

Non-indigenous	Hausa Yoruba Mossi Zarma Soninke African-Americans Arabs Chinese Indians Tabom

Ethnic groups in the Ivory Coast

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

Authority control	LCCN: sh85000222 SUDOC: 027754790 BNF: cb11972967j (data)

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