Are the people in Takoradi FANTE'S !!

[@frederickarthur9746]

Takoradi is Ahanta land but due to its cosmopolitan nature, the fante language has over shadowed the Ahanta language. The Fantes from Elmina, Cape Coast and surrounding towns in the Central Region migrated to Sekondi- Takoradi because of employment at the Railways Corporation. I AM A PROUD AHANTAN FROM DIXCOVE LIVING IN THE UK

[@mafiooato7233]

Takoadi is not ahantaland, I am takoradi born. We are all fanti, it a lie, the king of takoradi is the new takoradi king, which is fanti royal house.

[@mafiooato7233]

Takoradi border ahantaland apowa. There is no place in takoradi that speaks ahanti. I went to school in apowa.

[@mafiooato7233]

Takoradi was part of the fanti Confederacy, so it is not part of ahantaland, fantis beat ahantas and took all takoradi as fantiland. Half of takoradi was already fantiland, and war broke out between atlantas and fantis because the ahantas supported the ashantis during our wars.

[@EmmanuelNketiah-uo1of]

U are very stupid boy who told this stupid history

[@kwawkwansah2452]

@@mafiooato7233 please do not fabricate stories. Sekondi was never part of Fante confederacy. The original settlememt was Essikado. Do Fante's celebrate Kundum ? Even today Sekondi does. Also one of the reasons Baido Bonsu fought with the Dutch and Tonnenboijer is because his chiefs in Sekondi ignored his instruction. There was also no reason for Fante to invade Ahanta as they both are coastal. Ahanta did not have allegiance with Asante. At times the Nzema did hence Nzema Kɔtɔkɔ

[@dorcaskaningenbendah3077]

It’s true paa. I used to wonder why they speak Fanti too. Some of speak Fante because we grew up in Tarkwa /Prestea but they’re Wassa.

[@earthvarieties]

Learnt something new l thought they are fantes😂😂😂 Awesome education

[@cookingwithsindaco]

Thanks for watching, kindly share for others to see

[@mafiooato7233]

We are fantis, the guy is lying because he is ahanta that lives in takoradi. In school, we all learn fanti language and fanti history, we don't learn ahantas history.

[@tellowhyte357]

Majority of us in Takoradi are fantes

[@mafiooato7233]

@tellowhyte357 As someone who was born in takoradi, I heard of ahantas until I went to secondary school in apowa, I never knew there was a tribe called ahanta. Apowa is boundaries between fantis lands and ahantas lands.

[@newrevelationtv8262]

BUT THE FANTES HAVE DOMINATED THE WHOLE OF TAKORADI…‼️💪💪👌👌

[@millyslunch6930]

Eeee I thought takoradi is Fante Ooo thanks for the education 🙏🏼

[@cookingwithsindaco]

Thanks for watching, kindly share

[@IslamWithYosef]

Learnt something new

[@kwawkwansah2452]

Brilliant. Here is the interesting thing, if we go further back the Mfantsefo and Ahantas migrated to the coast together, from Bono. The Fante chose to settle around Mankessim. There were Guans in this area whilst the Ahantas crossed over the Pra and settled around Shama, eventually they moved further west and made Owulusua (Busua) their capital Sekondi precedes Takoradi and Takoradi only grew because of the harbour built in 1922 or thereabouts, due to the port and it being accessible by rail, people migrated to this commercial hub. It has become a cosmopolitan place with people from all over Ghana making it their home. With that a language that is widely spoken becomes necessary, which was Fante. I also hear that Shama and some other Ahanta divisions didnt want to align themselves with the Ahanta King and with support from the dutch and later the british they along with Insuma (Dixcove) although Ahanta were recognised as independent. There is a report from early twentieth century that alludes to this by F Crowther. Another clue is that Sekondi or Essikado celebrate Kundum. Kundum is an Ahanta festival. Whatever the case we love the twin cities; Sekondi-Takoradi (always Sekondi first). Ɔrɛkɔdo !

[@cookingwithsindaco]

Classic information as alway. Thank you. So does that means the Fante who migrated to Takoradi to work and now call themselves tadi Breda have been ungrateful to their origin

[@kwawkwansah2452]

@@cookingwithsindaco Thanks, i think it is more gratefulness to the places we migrate to and become part of. After all the Fante brought the beautiful Fante language to Takoradi which acknowledges where they came from and retains that link. Takoradi Fante is a thing itself. It is often overlooked how from time immemorial we have lived together and if you stay in any one place long enough you become part of it. The best example being the Tabom people. Another point i was trying to make is when they migrated together from Bono, there was no distinction, Ahanta and Fante developed after the migration.

[@kobina2031]

Fantes and Ahanta never migrated together, it's a myth. Ahantas are more related to Nzema interms of language and culture. Fantes in Takoradi don't feel proud of their hometowns so they adopt Takoradi as their hometown. No Asante man will migrate to a different place for so long and claim to be an indigene of the place, it's a character of most Fantes, that when they travel they forget their roots. There are lot Fantes in Tema but that doesn't make them GA's

[@kwawkwansah2452]

@@kobina2031 @kobina2031 and yet the Baoule are a group who not only broke away from the Asante, those leading them was a direct descendant of the Asante royal family. But today they are Baoule not Asante. Even their language is different from Twi. Wassa also absorbed many refugees that came from Asante, today those absorbed by the Wassa identify as... Wassa The Ahanta may be close in terms of culture to Nzema but part of that is due to proximity. There is also a transition from Nzema proper, in between are the Ɛvaloɛ, Dwira before Ahanta. All evidence points to the first Ahanta settlements being around Shama near the Pra, thus they came from the East not the west like the Nzema.

[@kwawkwansah2452]

@@kobina2031 i think your focus is also very narrow. Quoting Tema as an example. The circumstances are not the same. Tema is a more recent 'new' city and miles away from the nearest Fante state. There are people from all over Ghana there, thus Fante is not and unlikely to be predominant there. Whilst Takoradi is but a few miles away from Fante land and is a immediate neighbour of Ahanta. Thus significant interactions go back further. As cited already it may have been the Ahanta divisional chiefs who aligned with the Fante in order to gain autonomy and not be subject to the Ahanta King and state, so, and i believe this to be so, there are Ahantas also who think they are Fante or part of Fante. And in that respect, there is no evidence to suggest Fantes are claiming to be Ahanta rather they come from Takoradi, which if they have been there a long time they do. Not sure with your bellicose protestations your point is. However i would say if you move somewhere it seems courteous to integrate with the people you live amongst and that does not mean that you forsake what went on before. Your argument suggests all Akans should insist to this day they are Bono or even Malian or your wrath will be visited upon them 😄?

[@tellowhyte357]

Majority of us in Takoradi are fantes they teach Fante in every school in Takoradi

[@francisa643]

Takoradi and Sekondi(Sekonne) people are Ahantas. They are the indigenous people. The Fantes, are immigrants from the Central region of Ghana, who settled in Takoradi and Sekondi. I believe that presently, the Fante immigrants even outnumber the Ahantas. A lot of intermarriages have also taken place between the Fante and Ahanta. The Fante language is now the dominant tongue in Takoradi and Sekondi. Others who have settled in Takoradi also are the Nzemas, Wassas, Asantes, Sehwi etc

[@cookingwithsindaco]

Thanks for the information, but I one thing I have an issue with is. A tadi person has never accepted that he’s from central region. No matter how old a Fante man will stay in Accra. The original identity will not be missen. so this one

[@paakwegyir3165]

I always knew it was ahanta land. My aunts house help back in the 80s educated us that was in my teens... However I didn't realise its due to migration that people have adopted Fante... OK I get it now.. Like Accra which is Ga land however Twi has dominated Accra and you only get Ga speaking when you go to the suburbs along the beaches...

[@ritaafful837]

I am proud Ahanta from Takoradi -Kojokrom ❤❤

[@KofiStudio1]

We speak fante because fantes in ahantalant don't understand the Ahanta language. We made life easier for immigrants to the capital city by speaking Fante which is close to Twi and can be understood by everyone. If you go to Accra and see ppl speaking Twi, that does not mean the place is Twi land or the people are Asantes, they speak a common easy language everyone can understand. You ppl you appreciate us for making takoradi inhabitable for you ppl than claiming our ancestorial land

[@josephoppong7203]

Am tadi guy from takoradi Amaful the owners of oilcity takoradi we are Ahantas, fantes are in central region, we have no fante tribe in western region

[@cookingwithsindaco]

But you guys never gave credit to central region why…

[@emmanuelwilson8909]

Shama are fantes and they are in the western region.

[@tellowhyte357]

And yet they teach Fante in schools instead of Ahanta😂

[@ronaldessel9095]

I learnt from Anomabo history that Nana Amonu IV in 1860 there about mobilized about 1000 men fighters from fantelands to help drive away the Dutch who were taking over the Ahanta coastal areas

[@Johnincoom]

In the late 19th century, the Fante launched a campaign to eliminate the Dutch presence on the Ghanaian coast. This was crucial for weakening their adversaries, who had been receiving arms and support from the Dutch West India Company (WIC) to hinder Fante expansion. The Fante succeeded, and the Dutch eventually abandoned their West African businesses, selling all their assets to the British. This effort played a role in triggering the war between the Fante and the Asante (the main allies of the Dutch WIC) in 1873, leading to the Sagrenti War in 1874, with the British siding with the Fante.

[@testimonychristianstrategi2405]

Wow!

[@elizabethenninful2951]

Very nice

[@georgekumidanquah3338]

Kwesimintim speaks fante

[@AndrewsCudjoe-o2t]

I'm also Ahanta boy

[@gmog7857]

Both tribes AHANTA and FANTES are the same people and AHANTA language is very similar to MFANTSE. FANTE is spoken all the way to IVORY COAST. When I lived at KWESI MINTSIM I did not hear anyone speak AHANTA, all I heard was MFANTSE, and I lived there for 2 years. Takoradi and the neighboring towns and cities have been taken over by the FANTES...............

[@EffahNyarkoh]

Ahanta is never similar to Fanti.

[@EffahNyarkoh]

Which place in kwesimintsim you talking about.

[@EffahNyarkoh]

If you don't no anything about Takoradi just don't say it.

[@tellowhyte357]

@@EffahNyarkohmasa say the truth when was the last time u heard someone speaking ahanta

[@EmmanuelNketiah-uo1of]

​@@tellowhyte357when was the last time u went to ur hometown

[@obedadjei4199]

Is like greater Accra region the fact that they speak twi doesn’t mean Accra is not Ga

[@cookingwithsindaco]

But those who speak twi in Accra know that, they’re not from Accra. But every tadi person believes he is from Takoradi, that’s is the difference

[@kobina2031]

​@@cookingwithsindacoIt's called lost Identity. Those Fantes in Takoradi who don't want to acknowledge that they are from CR suffer from lost identity.They are mostly not proud of their hometowns so they associate with a different place. It's normal among most Modern Fantes

[@kobyk8784]

@@kobina2031Thank you. At least Wode Maya admits he’s hometown is in Central Region.

[@obedadjei4199]

Shama Ahanta

[@sammynyarko7174]

Why are u still saying people in Takoradi are fantes after all the education the man gave u or u have an agenda

[@tellowhyte357]

Majority of us are fantes they even teach Fante in every Takoradi school

[@georgekumidanquah3338]

Point of correction. Wineba speaks simpa. Your guest isn't well resourced on d topic

[@cookingwithsindaco]

Can you be my guest?

[@kobyk8784]

Winneba speaks Efutu which is a Guan language but many Fantes settled in Winneba. Now Fante is the most spoken language in Winneba

[@kwesikwaa]

but did the ahantas not migrate from mankessim

[@EmmanuelNketiah-uo1of]

No the ahanta's never migrated from mankessim

[@atobrew5436]

The people of Takoradi are Ahantas

[@tellowhyte357]

Majority of us are fantes including me

[@obedadjei4199]

Takoradi is Shama Ahanta East

[@user-po1np7zy8d]

Shama is Fante

[@georginaocansey7441]

Why the American flag? What happened to the Ghanaian flag? A Celebration in Ghana why is the American flag being waved instead of the Ghanaian flag woow??????

[@cookingwithsindaco]

So they have groups and this particular group is called USA 🇺🇸 most of them are in the state. So it just the group name. Thanks for watching

[@obedadjei4199]

Takoradi is Ahanta please is not Fante

[@cookingwithsindaco]

What about the people there? Are they fante’s or Ahanta

[@user-po1np7zy8d]

@@cookingwithsindacothe majority are Fantes the land is for the Ahantas just like Accra is Ga land but with many people from outside.

[@kwameampah6180]

Kwesimintsin doesn't speak ahanta

[@EmmanuelNketiah-uo1of]

Who told u

[@frankquansah8567]

Which part of kwesimintsim do u live