The Aja language is a Gbe language spoken by the Aja people of Benin, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria and Gabon. In Gabon, they are mostly migrants. it is closely...

Aja or Adja are an ethnic group native to south-western Benin and south-eastern Togo. According to oral tradition, the Aja migrated to southern Benin...

There are two languages called Aja: Aja language (Niger-Congo), part of the Gbe dialect continuum, spoken in Benin and Togo Aja language (Nilo-Saharan)...

Alliance Aja people, a people living in Benin Aja language (Niger–Congo), the language of the Aja people, part of the Gbe dialect continuum Aja people (South...

Collines and Zou Departments. Other important languages are Yoruba, Bariba, Mina, Dendi, Mokole and Yom and Aja. Benin implemented a National Literacy and Adult...

Sotho, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu) Aja-Gbe: Benin (a national language along with Anii, Bariba, Biali, Boko, Dendi, Fon-Gbe, Foodo...

the language. Other linguists have called the Gbe languages as a whole 'Aja', after the name of the local language of the Aja-Tado area in Benin. However...

Xweda, and Aja (who came from what is now Togo in the 12th century) on the coast. the Ewe people on the coast French is the official language but is spoken...

Phla–Pherá (Xwla–Xwela) languages form a possible group of Gbe languages spoken mainly in southeastern and southwestern Benin; some communities are found...

Benin (/bɛˈniːn/ ben-EEN, /bɪˈniːn/ bin-EEN; French: Bénin [benɛ̃] , Fon: Benɛ, Fula: Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin)...

Gbe languages, which include Gen, Aja, and Xwla and are spoken from the southern part of Ghana to Togo, Benin and Western Nigeria. All Gbe languages share...

village in south east Togo, near the border with Benin. Tradition states that Tado was the birthplace of the Aja people and other Gbe speaking people such as...

such as the Fon, Gen, Phla/Phera, Ogu/Gun, Maxi (Mahi), and the Aja people of Togo and Benin. Ewe people are located primarily in the coastal regions of West...

012 (census count) French is the official language of Benin. Other languages spoken in Cotonou include Fon, Aja and Yoruba. The Autonomous Port of Cotonou...

Abomey Guides du Bénin Scoutisme Béninois Literature of Benin Beninese writers Music of Benin Gangbe brass band Beninese hip hop Aja people Ewe people...

Straddling the Nigeria-Benin international border (Nigerian side) Ilara Kanga - Straddling the Nigeria-Benin international border (Benin side) Ewé / Adakplamé...

Tado, a small Aja town now situated near the Togo–Benin border. Their earliest rulers were originally a part of the ruling class in the Aja kingdom of Allada...

towns in Benin are: Porto-Novo (Ajase), Ouèssè (Wese), Ketu, Savé (Tchabe), Tchaourou (Shaworo), Bantè-Akpassi, Bassila, Adjarra, Adja-Ouèrè (Aja Were),...

Waci (also spelled Ouatchi) is a Gbe language of Togo and Benin. It is part of a dialect continuum which also includes Ewe and Mina also known as Gɛn....

vodúnsínsen is an African traditional religion practiced by the Aja, Ewe, and Fon peoples of Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. Practitioners are commonly called...

tributaries of the Nile meet. The languages extend through 17 nations in the northern half of Africa: from Algeria to Benin in the west; from Libya to the...

Kingdom of Dahomey King of Dahomey Gbe languages Collahey, Patrick (2007). Christian Churches in Dahomey-Benin: A Study of Their Socio-Political Role...

category. Ganvie, like many areas of Benin, is home to a constituent monarchy. Early Fon people moved persued by Aja people for slavery. They found refuge...

Baatonum, Dendi, Aja and Ditammari for formal education and adult literacy. However, these six languages are still not truly national in Benin.[citation needed]...

Aguna, or Awuna, is a Gbe language of Benin and Togo. Aguna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...

Tula-Waja languages. The Kwa languages are represented by the Gun group in the extreme southwest, which is affiliated to the Gbe languages in Benin and Togo...

Benin has played an important role in the African music scene, producing one of the biggest stars to come out of the continent in Angélique Kidjo. Post-independence...

five are remembered, these include, Ogboinbou, Apoi, Okoto-aza or Okoto-aja (the original home of Kalasuwe or Ujo himself and the site of one of his...

appears in the orthography of some African languages, for example in the Aja language of Benin and the Dagbani language of Ghana, where the uppercase variant...

Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. It developed on the Abomey...