Mutanen Gonja

Gonja (kuma Ghanjawiyyu, endonym Ngbanya) masarauta ce a arewacin Ghana wanda Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa ya kafa a shekara ta 1675. Kalmar kuma tana iya nufin mutanen wannan masarauta.

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Gonja ’yan Guan ne da Dagbon da Akan da Mande da Hausawa suka yi musu tasiri. Da faduwar daular Songhai (a shekara ta 1600), dangin Mande Ngbanya sun ƙaura zuwa kudu, suka haye Black Volta suka kafa birni a Yagbum. Tun asali an raba masarautar Gonja zuwa sassan da ’yan’uwan Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa maza ke kula da su ciki har da ‘ya’yansu da jikoki.

Karkashin jagorancin Naba'a aka kafa daular Ngbanya ta Gonja. An kafa babban birnin ne a Yagbum.

Ngbanya ya faɗaɗa cikin sauri, inda ya ci maƙwabta da dama a cikin kwarin White Volta tare da fara cinikin zinari mai riba tare da jihohin Akan ta hanyar Begho na kusa. A shekara ta 1675, Gonja ya kafa wani babban sarki, mai suna Yagbongwura, don sarrafa masarautar. Daular Ngbanya ta mallaki wannan matsayi tun daga kafuwarta har zuwa yau, tare da wasu gajeru guda biyu kawai. Yagbongwura na yanzu, Tuntumba Sulemana Jakpa Bore Essa, ya rike mukaminsa tun 2010.
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-43-87-1-001.jpg|right|thumb|250x250px|Hakimai da dattawan Gonja a baje kolin balaguro na kogin Volta (1950)
Al'ummar Gonja na zamanin mulkin mallaka ta rabu gida biyu, mai ajin mulki, ajin ƴan kasuwa musulmi, ajin ƴan ta'adda, da kuma aji na bawa. Tattalin arzikinta ya dogara ne akan cinikin bayi daga Afirka ta TsakiyaThe Evolution of War: A Study of Its Role in Early Societies' by Maurice R. Davie da kola, musamman ta kasuwar garin Salaga, wanda wani lokaci ake kira "Timbuktu na Kudu."

Harshen Gonja, wanda ake kiransa da kyau Ngbanya ko Ngbanyito,Mary E. Kropp Dakubu (ed.), The Languages of Ghana, page 77 yaren Tano ne a cikin dangin yaren Kwa, yana da alaƙa da harsunan Akan.Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages. books.google.com. Google Books.

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