Kyode people

AKyode, Gikyode, Akyode

Regions with significant populations
Northern Volta basin, Oti Region, Ghana
Languages
Akyode,
Religion
Traditional African Religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
subgroup of the Guang people and the Mossi people

The Guan-speaking Gikyode. Akyode people live in the northern Volta basin in the Oti Region of Ghana, Africa. These people migrated into the Volta valley from the Mossi region of Burkina Faso around 1000 AD. The Akyode language is called Gikyode.

The Akyodes are made up of communities, Shiare, Abrewanko, Nyambong, Kyilinga, Siban, Pawa, Bonakye, Gekorong, Kanba (Abrewanko Junction), Nyakoma,Kromase, and]. The paramount seat is in Shiare. Kingship is called gewura, and is the form of leadership in these communities. Each community has a chief, or wura, who rules the town. The chief of Kromase is called kromase wura. But the chief of Shiare can be called shiare wura or osulewura.

There are two land title claims that merge at Nkwanta township with unclear: boundary- the Adelle and the Guan Akyode Traditional Areas. However, Nkwanta community has a NUCLEUS community or settlement which expanded to join other communities or settlements. The Guan-Akyode claim of Nkwanta township is to “the nucleus” settlement which is undisputedly and legitimately Guan- Akyode settlement The Guan- Akyodes recognise the fact that today the total Nkwanta community has encompass Adelle lands. The first is the present Nsana Zongo area that used to be called HAUSA Zongo. The second is the District Administration, the Low cost, and the Medical Village by Dadiase and Krontaing respectively all Adelle towns which owe the lands and leased them for the settlements. It must be emphasized here that these communities never ORIGINATED the Nkwanta township. The Original township is located between the KOTOKOLI ZONGO (near Nkwansec), and the HAUSA (Nsana) ZONGO. Over 90% of the houses here are own by Guan Akyode people. The rest are by settlers identified with the Akyode. The independence claims of the Challas is distorting the claims of the Guan- Akyodes and not the Adelles. It is very rediculous however for Adele’s to extend their claims beyond what is on the ground. For the Challa contention, refer to the 1943, and 1952 land case “Odomi Aduati Lands VRS. Dadeasi Adelle Lands