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Bono state was an
Akan state which existed from the early middle ages to the 18th century in what is now the
Brong-Ahafo or Bono-Ahafo region of
Ghana. The two names, Brong and
Bono are used interchangeably. Its capital was
Bono Manso (Bono-Mansu), an ancient market town the role of which in the
Trans-Saharan trade was instrumental in the formation of Bono state. The state collapsed in the early 18th century. Upon the taking of Bono Manso by the
Ashanti Confederacy in 1723, many residents of Bono Manso fled to
Takyiman (or Tekyiman, Techiman, Takijiman). In
1740 the Bono-Tekyiman state, comprising roughly the same territory as the former Bono state, was founded more or less under Ashanti sovereignty.
Bibliography
- Effah-Gyamfi, Kwaku (1979) Traditional history of the Bono State Legon: Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.
- Effah-Gyamfi, Kwaku (1985) Bono Manso: an archaeological investigation into early Akan urbanism (African occasional papers, no. 2) Calgary: Dept. of Archaeology, University of Calgary Press. ISBN 0-919813-27-5
- Meyerowitz, E.L.R. (1949) 'Bono-Mansu, the earliest centre of civilisation in the Gold Coast', Proceedings of the III International West African Conference, 118–120.
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