The

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-speaking Gikyode. Akyode people live in the northern Volta basin in the Oti Region of

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.The Peoples of Africa, by James Stewart Olson, 1996 They are considered as the indigenous people of the Nkwanta South District. These people migrated into the Volta valley from the Mossi region of

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around 1000 AD. The Akyode language is called ''Gikyode''. The Akyodes are made up of communities,

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, Abrewanko, Odomi, Nyambong, Kyilinga, Lebon, Siban, Pawa, Sabon (Kabre Akura), Bonakye, Krachi Akura, Kpabo Akura, Gekorong, Okata (Katai Junction), Kanba (Abrewanko Junction), Nyakoma, Agou, New Agou, Asuogya,

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, Kabiti, Akonsigewi (Dogokitiwa), Kromase, and Anebogewi (Nyambong Junction). The paramount seat is in

. Kingship is called , and is the form of leadership in these communities. Each community has a chief, or , who rules the town. The chief of Kromase is called . But the chief of

can be called or , which means king of the kingdom.

References

Ethnic groups in Ghana {{ghana-stub