Tshi

Ethnic group in Ghana

Tshi, Tchwi, or Oji are a group of people living in Ghana. The chief of these are the Ashanti, Fanti, Akim and Aquapem. Their common language is Tshi, from which they gain their family name.[1][2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 351.
  2. ^ JEHLE, A. (July 1907). "Soul, Spirit, Fate According to the Notions of the Tshi and Ehwe Tribes (Gold Coast and Togo, W. Africa)". African Affairs. VI (XXIV): 405–415. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a099169. ISSN 1468-2621.
  3. ^ Ellis, Alfred Burdon (1887). The Tshi-speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa: Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc. Chapman and Hall, limited.

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tshi". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 351.


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