Gyaman (also spelled Jamang, Gyaaman) was a medieval Akan people state, located within both Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire.[1]
Tenure
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Incumbent
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Notes
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c. 1450 |
Foundation of Gyaaman state (Bonduku or Abron kingdom)
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Gyaamanhene (Bronhene) (Rulers)
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Yakasse dynasty and Zanzan dynasty alternately
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???? to 1720 |
Biri Kofi Panyin, Gyaamanhene |
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1720 to 1746 |
Abo Kofi, Gyaamanhene |
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1746 to 1760 |
Kofi Sono, Gyaamanhene |
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1760 to 1790 |
Agyeman, Gyaamanhene |
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1790 to 1810 |
Biri Kofi Kadyo, Gyaamanhene |
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1810 to 1820 |
Kwadwo Adinkra Kadyo, Gyaamanhene |
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1820 to 1830 |
Fofie, Gyaamanhene |
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1830 to 1850 |
Kwasi Yeboa, Gyaamanhene |
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1850 to 1895 |
Kwadwo Agyeman, Gyaamanhene |
1st Term
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1895 to 1898 |
The Imam of Bonduku |
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1898 to 1898 |
Kwadwo Agyeman, Gyaamanhene |
2nd Term
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1898 to 1902 |
Kwadwo Yeboa, Gyaamanhene |
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1902 to 1904 |
Amenyina, Gyaamanhene |
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1904 |
Ten Dati, Gyaamanhene |
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1922 to 9 May 1942 |
Nana Kwadwo Agyeman, Gyaamanhene |
1st Term
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9 May 1942 to 28 June 1942 |
Kofi Yeboa, Gyaamanhene |
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28 June 1942 to December 1942 |
Kofi Tarh, Gyaamanhene |
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December 1942 to 1944 |
Nana Kwadwo Agyeman, Gyaamanhene |
2nd Term
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1944 to 1 January 1963 |
Kwame Adinkra, Gyaamanhene |
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See also
References
- ^ Agyemang, Joseph Kwadwo (2013). "The people the boundary could not divide: The Gyaman of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire in historical perspective". Journal of African Studies and Development. 5 (7): 177–189.