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Tshi, Tchwi, or Oji are a group of people living in Ghana. The chief of these are the Ashanti, Fanti, Akim and Aquapem. Their common language is Tshi, from which they gain their family name. [1] [2] [3]

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  1. Chisholm 1911, p. 351.
  2. JEHLE, A. (July 1907). "Soul, Spirit, Fate According to the Notions of the Tshi and Ehwe Tribes (Gold Coast and Togo, W. Africa)". African Affairs. VI (XXIV): 405–415. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a099169. ISSN   1468-2621.
  3. Ellis, Alfred Burdon (1887). The Tshi-speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa: Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc. Chapman and Hall, limited.

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