The History of Ivory Coast/Côte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast, or Côte d'Ivoire, is a country in West Africa. It’s capital is Yamoussoukro while its economic capital and largest city is Abidjan.
Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana are bordering countries to Ivory Cost. It is also bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the south.
French is the official language while several indigenous languages are also widely spoken which include Baoulé, Dioula, Dan, Anyin, and Cebaara Senufo.
In all, there are about 78 different languages spoken in Ivory Coast. The major ethnic groups are akan which is the largest, Gur Mande and Krous.
The country has sizable populations of Muslims (42.9%), Christians (33.9%) and various indigenous religions (3.6%). 19.1% of Ivorians consider themselves to be irreligious. Early French and Portuguese merchant-explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries divided the west coast of Africa into four "coasts" according to the prevailing local economies. There was the Slave Coast (Nigeria, Togo, Benin Republic), Gold Coast (Ghana) and Grain Coast (Liberia). The coast that the French named Côte d'Ivoire and the Portuguese named the Costa Do Marfim -both, literally meaning "Coast of Ivory" reflected the major trade in the area. A number of important states thrived in the region that now make up Ivory Coast during the pre-European era. There was the Muslim Kong Empire which was established by the Jola in the early 18th century.

[@anonim8929]

You didn't mentioned France intervention in the civil wars

[@ELONGO238]

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[@daddygbale9132]

Didn’t even mention bete

[@kondwanirivers6992]

thank you very informative

[@saanichannel533]

That is very flaw history when you put Ashanti in that history. Ashanti was formed 19 century by some Akan speaking group to resist oppression of the Akan group called Akyim. So I find it difficult to comprehend. Ashanti was not quite long the European arrival

[@KakouAmon2]

Actually the Ashanti kingdom was invented way back in the 15th century. This resume was mostly correct, I’m from IvoryCoast and I’m Akan so I’d know

[@saanichannel533]

@@KakouAmon2 my brother, Ashanti kingdom was rather form in 18th century. How do we know about it, the kingdom came into existence to resist oppression from other Clans. The "Asen nti" is laterally means "because of war", so the smaller clans among the Akan group came to unite and fight for resistance in that period. During that time, they need alliances with other tribes and came to meet with the Dagomba kingdom, so this was the first time Ashanti came into contact with Dagomba kingdom and that was 18th century. We took those events and activities to find the period of time, we compare the first kingdom king to other kingdom rulers to determine it formation plus Europeans era in Gold Coast then.

[@johnnesbit2371]

Monsieur, this is a very brief summary. It is very ungracious to complain about various details.

[@keepyourheadup2550]

a bit vague, but thanks

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