Abron tribe

The Brong are a people in Ghana and in the Ivory Coast ( in the department of Bondoukou ), which is also called Abrong, Abron, Bono, Boron, Bron, Doma or Gyaman.

The Brong are namesake of the Brong- Ahafo Region in central Ghana. In Ghana, among the Brong about 1050000-1185000 people - in addition to the other peoples of Ghana. Only a small part of this people, an estimated 131700-186000 people live in the Ivory Coast. Here is the dominant term of this people Abron, Ghana, Brong.

The Brong belong to the ethnic group of the Akan and speaking the Abron, a Kwa language. They are mostly members of the traditional Akan religion, but there are also increasingly followers of Christianity.

History

In the 15th century, the Abron founded the kingdom Bondoukou with the legendary king Adou Bini. In the sixteenth century the Brong founded the kingdom Gyaman within the Kingdom of Bono.

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