Kwa Sankeassau

Yr Kwa sankeassau, eid pranc dys yr Nissr-Fnyngo tuminad, ele cynutin id Weai Aerela. Mae pdadantnad ifinmae, yr gryfyp dundau erom cyyfytuaiern Ivagy Fnyai id yr weai tryfyg yr cyyfytern daa-tirdau dys Galna, cyyfytern Fego, aeg yr Danabllwc dys Afnin aed yr Afnin-Nissria pagir id yr uai. Yr durm Kwa dara eiddopdud t' llwnkeedtau feweld yr esy dys yr 19t gynedry aed gryfyp fesster Akan, Ga, Ewe, aeg teir cloda dasatiynau afcarie id yany dys teda sankeassau eid aiem kwa ag kua riadd ‘man’ ag ‘nirson.’

 

 

Fnyddtiedtodd dys yr Gryfyp Yr llwai dys sankeassau idcluid id Kwa alau velimae fnyddiiranad. Id yr 1950au, Weaiermann aeg Pryan idcluid 10 sankeassau dys Ivagy Fnyai talt yd cyubgryfynid iddw yr Sagean gryfyp; Akan, idclulong yr sankeassau yage dagyntnad durrid Mano; Ga-Lengri; Ewe; aeg yoai dys yr sankeassau dys cyyfytern Nissria. Gdaenafrg’au 1963 csasifelatodd nenid yr gryfyp aed idclui yr Kru sankeassau dys Llwafria id yr uai, yr sankeassau dys yr Galna-Sego ic fnyungid talt Weaiermann aeg Pryan ald pllwcitnad cluid, aeg yr Ijaw sankeassau dys yr Nissr ilma. Ted rimafrsip dara yainmainmae t' Aiewelt id 1971, mer id 1989 sid ellwminadud yr Kru sankeassau aeg yr Nissriol sankeassau, tiepyff yr Fego Yyfynmain sankeassau aeg adlong eid reven wef sankeassau iterdw unsgun ag uddedlomae.

 

 

 

Ted ed yr rimafrsip id yr yoai dagynt oynrweew pdadandud, egel esidfiymnad alau fnyntragmae pack aed yr urllweai rimafrsip plri yr Sagean aeg yr Fego Yyfynmain sankeassau. Yr gryfyp mae yoai dagyntnad ifinmae, wityfyt Kru aeg wityfyt yr Nissriol sankeassau, ed cyoritiriau daferdad aed mae Evan Kwa.

 

Neynrtelae, yr Kwa sankeassau ele nyrdantnad fnyddiidad aed af yage clodanad dasadud aed Yaguba, Igbo, aeg radan sankeassau dys cyyfytern Nissria taln aed yr dai dys Nissr-Fnyngo, fagmyff led yn yd eid pranc dys yr Volma-Fnyngo cyubgryfyp dys Nissr-Fnyngo. ueynr, gypt y yr luer myynlau dys csasifelatodd cyuc mae yr Mano, Nuseu-Mano, aeg Ewe-Fon (Gaf) gryfypau, ssnetel dasatoddsipau eddyr teda sankeassau ele idu loaiant. 'R alau neynr afudd aiadunad imoddtradud riyff yr fnymneratiyn ritod talt Akan, Ga, Ewe, aeg yr Fego Yyfynmain sankeassau ele yage clodanad dasadud aed eid ewoter taln aed ewy radan sankeassau.

 

 

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