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Kingdom of Banda
Origins
Known mainly from oral tradition. Banda was established by the Nafana people in the hills north-west of the Bono State, close to Begho, a Mande trading town of the gold and kola routes. It took shape around the 17th century.
Rule and society
Banda's ruler governed with clan chiefs over farming villages, while Dyula traders linked the area to the Niger bend. From the 18th century Banda was a tributary of the Ashanti Empire, sending troops and tribute, and it suffered from Ashanti's wars against Gyaman.
Decline and legacy
In the 1890s Banda was disrupted by the armies of Samori Ture, then came under British rule in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. It remains a traditional area in Ghana's Bono Region.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
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- Kingdom of Banda paid tribute to Ashanti Empire1770 CE – 1874 CE
Cite this page
- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kingdom of Banda. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-banda
- MLA
- “Kingdom of Banda.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-banda. Accessed .
- Chicago
- The Epoch Institute. “Kingdom of Banda.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-banda.
- Harvard
- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Kingdom of Banda’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-banda (Accessed: ).
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