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Bono state was an Akan
Akan people

The Akan people are an ethnic Dialect continuum of West Africa.This group includes the following ethnic groups: Akuapem, the Akyem, the Ashanti, the Baoul?, the Anyi, the Brong, the Fante and the Nzema peoples of both Ghana and C?te d'Ivoire....
 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
Ghana

The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....
. The two names, Brong and Bono
Bono

Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
 are used interchangeably. Its capital was Bono Manso
Bono Manso

Bono Manso was an ancient trading town in what is now the Nkoranza District district of the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana. Located just south of the Black Volta river at the transitional zone between savanna and forest, the town was frequented by caravans from Djenn? as part of the Trans-Saharan trade....
 (Bono-Mansu), an ancient market town the role of which in the Trans-Saharan trade
Trans-Saharan trade

Trans-Saharan trade is trade across the Sahara between Mediterranean countries and sub-Saharan Africa. While existing from prehistoric times, the peak of such trade extended from the eighth century until the late sixteenth century....
 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).






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Bono state was an Akan
Akan people

The Akan people are an ethnic Dialect continuum of West Africa.This group includes the following ethnic groups: Akuapem, the Akyem, the Ashanti, the Baoul?, the Anyi, the Brong, the Fante and the Nzema peoples of both Ghana and C?te d'Ivoire....
 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
Ghana

The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....
. The two names, Brong and Bono
Bono

Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
 are used interchangeably. Its capital was Bono Manso
Bono Manso

Bono Manso was an ancient trading town in what is now the Nkoranza District district of the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana. Located just south of the Black Volta river at the transitional zone between savanna and forest, the town was frequented by caravans from Djenn? as part of the Trans-Saharan trade....
 (Bono-Mansu), an ancient market town the role of which in the Trans-Saharan trade
Trans-Saharan trade

Trans-Saharan trade is trade across the Sahara between Mediterranean countries and sub-Saharan Africa. While existing from prehistoric times, the peak of such trade extended from the eighth century until the late sixteenth century....
 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.